inverse
/ɪnˈvɝs/noun
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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.
The result of an inversion, particularly:
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:
A morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse.
verb
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To compute the bearing and distance between two points.
adjective
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Opposite in effect, nature or order.
Reverse, opposite in order.
Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.
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.