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Uncommoninverse
The correct spelling is inverse.
How to pronounce inverse
/ɪnˈvɝs/
nounIPA: /ɪnˈvɝs/
Say it like: Inv-ers-e
The correct spelling is inverse. An inverted state: a state in which something has been turned (properly) upside down or inside out or backwards. For example: "321 is the inverse of 123."
Usage Examples
“321 is the inverse of 123.”
“Multiplication is the inverse operation to division.”
“A circle inversion maps a given generalized circle to its inverse generalized circle.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.An inverted state: a state in which something has been turned (properly) upside down or inside out or backwards.
- 2.The result of an inversion, particularly:
- 3.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:
- 4.A morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse.
- 5.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.
adjective
- 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.
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