Inverse

['ɪnvɜːs;ɪn'vɜːs] or [,ɪn'vɝs]

解释:

(noun.) something inverted in sequence or character or effect; 'when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse'.

(adj.) reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect .

(adj.) opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity ; 'a term is in inverse proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other decreases (or increases)' .

校对:奥菲莉娅--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed; inverted; reciprocal; -- opposed to direct.

(a.) Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.

(a.) Opposite in nature and effect; -- said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity; as, multiplication is the inverse operation to division. The symbol of an inverse operation is the symbol of the direct operation with -1 as an index. Thus sin-1 x means the arc whose sine is x.

(n.) That which is inverse.

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同义词及近义词：

a. Inverted (as respects order or relation), reversed.

编辑:纽曼

解释:

adj. inverted: in the reverse or contrary order: opposite inverted—opp. to Direct: (math.) opposite in effect of one operation that annuls the effect of another as subtraction to addition &c.—n. an inverted state a direct opposite.—adv. Inverse′ly.—n. Inver′sion the act of inverting: the state of being inverted: a change of order or position.—adj. Inver′sive.

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