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inverse

The correct spelling is inverse.

How to pronounce inverse

/ɪnˈvɝs/
noun

IPA: /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. 1.An inverted state: a state in which something has been turned (properly) upside down or inside out or backwards.
  2. 2.The result of an inversion, particularly:
  3. 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. 4.A morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse.
  5. 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. 1.To compute the bearing and distance between two points.

adjective

  1. 1.Opposite in effect, nature or order.
  2. 2.Reverse, opposite in order.
  3. 3.Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.
  4. 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. 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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