Inverse

/ɪnˈvɝs/ · adjective

Meaning

Opposite in effect, nature or order..

Definitions by Sense

1. Opposite in effect, nature or order.
2. Reverse, opposite in order.
3. (botany) Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.
4. (mathematics) 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. (geometry) 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. (category theory, of a category) Whose every element has an inverse (morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse).
7. An inverted state: a state in which something has been turned (properly) upside down or (loosely) inside out or backwards.
8. The result of an inversion, particularly:

Example Sentences

Multiplication is the inverse operation to division.

A circle inversion maps a given generalized circle to its inverse generalized circle.

Cowgirl is the inverse of missionary.

321 is the inverse of 123.

If the player... be determined to try his luck on the inverse, he must place his money on a yellow circle, or rather a collection of circles, situated at the extremity of the table.

The tailleur never mentions the words ‘Black’ or ‘Inverse’, but always says that Red wins or Red loses, and that the colour wins or the colour loses.

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Word Forms

• inverses
• inversing
• inversed

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