English Explanatory Dictionary

inverse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Opposite in effect, nature or order.
  2. Reverse, opposite in order.
  3. Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.
  4. Having the properties of an inverse; said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity.
  5. That has the property of being an inverse (the result of a circle inversion of a given point or geometrical figure); that is constructed by circle inversion.
  6. Whose every element has an inverse (morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse).
noun
  1. An inverted state: a state in which something has been turned (properly) upside down or (loosely) inside out or backwards.
  2. The result of an inversion
  3. The reverse of any procedure or process.
  4. A ratio etc. in which the antecedents and consequents are switched.
  5. The result of a circle inversion; the set of all such points; the curve described by such a set.
  6. The non-truth-preserving proposition constructed by negating both the premise and conclusion of an initially given proposition.
  7. A second element which negates a first; in a binary operation, the element for which the binary operation—when applied to both it and an initially given element—yields the operation's identity element, specifically:
  8. The negative of a given number.
  9. One divided by a given number.
  10. A second function which, when combined with the initially given function, yields as its output any term inputted into the first function.
  11. A morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse.
  12. The winning of the coup in a game of rouge et noir by a card of a color different from that first dealt; the area of the table reserved for bets upon such an outcome.
verb
  1. To compute the bearing and distance between two points.

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈvɝs/ /ˈɪnvɝs/ en-ca-inverse.oga

Word forms

inverse inverses inversing inversed

Etymology

Recorded since 1440, from Latin inversus, the past participle of invertere (“to invert”), itself from in- (“against, in”) + vertere (“to turn”).

Synonyms

additive inverse multiplicative inverse compositional inverse inverse point inverse curve

Antonyms

compute

Related words

inversion inversional inversive reverse reversion reversional reversive obverse converse contraposition

Derived words

direct-inverse marking inverse agonist inverse attraction inverse number inverse Pythagorean theorem renverse coinverse pseudoinverse additive inverse conceptual inverse inverse condemnation inverse cosine inverse Fourier transform inverse function inverse hyperbolic function inverse image inverse kinematics inverse limit inversely inverse matrix inverse proportion inverse semigroup inverse sine inverse spelling inverse-square law inverse system inverse tangent inverse trigonometric function inverse video multiplicative inverse

Translations

Bulgarian: противоположност Bulgarian: реципрочно число Dutch: tegendeel Dutch: tegengestelde Dutch: tegenovergestelde Dutch: inverse Finnish: vastakohta Finnish: käänteisarvo Chinese Mandarin: 逆元 Hindi: प्रतिलोम
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