inverse

/ɪnˈvɝs/

noun

  1. 1

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

    321 is the inverse of 123.
  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.

  6. 6

    (Kiowa-Tanoan) A grammatical number marking that indicates the opposite grammatical number (or numbers) of the default number specification of noun class.

verb

  1. 1

    To compute the bearing and distance between two points.

Antonyms

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.

    Multiplication is the inverse operation to division.
  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.

    A circle inversion maps a given generalized circle to its inverse generalized circle.
  6. 6

    (of a category) Whose every element has an inverse (morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse).

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