Inverse
['ɪnvɜːs;ɪn'vɜːs] or [,ɪn'vɝs]
Definition
(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)' .
Checker: Ophelia--From WordNet
Definition
(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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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Inverted (as respects order or relation), reversed.
Checker: Newman
Definition
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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Examples
- The meagreness or negativeness of their content has been in an inverse ratio to their power. Plato. The Republic.
- What, then, would be the orbit of a planet under a central attraction varying as the inverse square of the distance? Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This was an inverse problem; the perturbation being given, it was required to find the position, mass, and orbit of the disturbing planet. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Now you clearly see the sequence of events, though you see them, of course, in the inverse order to the way in which they presented themselves to me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- And Ursula, Ursula was the same--or the inverse. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I verily believe that a man's way with women is in inverse ratio to his prowess among men. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
Typist: Manfred