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Meaning of inverse

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inverse

Pronunciation:/ɪnˈvɝs/

noun

Definitions

  1. An inverted state: a state in which something has been turned (properly) upside down or inside out or backwards.

    Example: 321 is the inverse of 123.

  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.

verb

Definitions

  1. To compute the bearing and distance between two points.

adjective

Definitions

  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.

    Example: Multiplication is the inverse operation to division.