inverse
Part of speech: adj
noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: Recorded since 1440, from Latin inversus, the past participle of invertere (“to invert”), itself from in- (“against, in”) + vertere (“to turn”).
Inflected forms:
form: inverses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: inverses
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: inversing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: inversed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: inversed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Opposite in effect, nature or order.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Reverse, opposite in order.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: 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.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Multiplication is the inverse operation to division.
gloss: 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.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: A circle inversion maps a given generalized circle to its inverse generalized circle.
gloss: Whose every element has an inverse (morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: An inverted state: a state in which something has been turned (properly) upside down or (loosely) inside out or backwards.
pos: noun
examples: Cowgirl is the inverse of missionary.
321 is the inverse of 123.
gloss: The result of an inversion
pos: noun
examples: Uninstalling is the inverse of installation.
gloss: The result of an inversion
pos: noun
examples: The inverse of a:b is b:a.
gloss: The result of an inversion
pos: noun
examples: The inverse P‘ of a point P is the point on a ray from the center O through P such that OP × OP‘ = r² or the set of all such points.
gloss: The result of an inversion
pos: noun
examples: "Anything that isn't a dog doesn't go to heaven" is the inverse of "All dogs go to heaven." More generally, ¬ mathsf p→¬ mathsf q is the inverse of mathsf p→ mathsf q and is equivalent to the converse proposition mathsf q→ mathsf p.
Inversion is the inferring, from a given proposition, another proposition whose subject is the contradictory of the subject of the original proposition. The given proposition is called the Invertend, that which is inferred from it is termed the Inverse... The rule for Inversion is: Convert either the Obverted Converse or the Obverted Contrapositive.
gloss: 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:
pos: noun
examples: The additive inverse of x is -x, as x-x=0, as 0 is the additive identity element.
gloss: 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:
pos: noun
examples: The multiplicative inverse of x is x⁻¹, as x×x⁻¹=1, as 1 the multiplicative identity element.
gloss: 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:
pos: noun
examples: The compositional inverse of a function f is f⁻¹, as ff⁻¹= mathit I, as mathit I is the identity function. That is, ∀x,f(f⁻¹(x))= mathit I(x)=x.
gloss: A morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse.
pos: noun
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: A grammatical number marking that indicates the opposite grammatical number (or numbers) of the default number specification of noun class.
pos: noun
gloss: To compute the bearing and distance between two points.
pos: verb
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
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: противоположност
roman: protivopoložnost
lang: Dutch
word: tegendeel
lang: Dutch
word: tegengestelde
lang: Dutch
word: tegenovergestelde
lang: Finnish
word: vastakohta
lang: Bulgarian
word: реципрочно число
roman: recipročno čislo
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 逆元
roman: nìyuán
lang: Dutch
word: inverse
lang: Finnish
word: käänteisarvo
lang: Hindi
word: प्रतिलोम
roman: pratilom