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inverse

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Synonyms: inherse

Antonyms: inherse

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Adjective

  1. [[opposite|Opposite]] in effect, nature or order.
  2. [[reverse|Reverse]], opposite in order.
  3. {{lb|en|botany}} Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.
  4. {{lb|en|mathematics}} 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. {{lb|en|geometry}} 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. {{C|en|Curves}}
  6. {{lb|en|category theory|of a category}} Whose every element has an '''inverse''' ([[morphism]] which is both a [[left inverse]] and a [[right inverse]]).

Noun

  1. An [[invert]]ed [[state]]: a [[state]] in which [[something]] has been [[turn]]ed {{lb|en|properly}} [[upside down]] or {{lb|en|loosely}} [[inside out]] or [[backward]]s.
  2. The [[result]] of an [[inversion]], ''[[particularly]]'':
  3. {{lb|en|mathematics}} A [[second]] [[element]] which [[negate]]s a [[first]]; in a [[binary]] [[operation]], the [[element]] for which the [[binary]] [[operation]]—when [[applied]] to [[both]] it and an [[initial]]ly [[given]] [[element]]—[[yield]]s the [[operation]]'s [[identity element]], ''[[specifically]]:''
  4. {{lb|en|category theory}} A [[morphism]] which is both a [[left inverse]] and a [[right inverse]].
  5. {{lb|en|card games}} The [[win]]ning 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]] [[reserve]]d for [[bet]]s upon [[such]] an [[outcome]].
  6. {{lb|en|linguistics|Kiowa-Tanoan}} A grammatical number marking that indicates the opposite grammatical number (or numbers) of the default number specification of noun class.

Verb

  1. {{lb|en|surveying}} To compute the [[bearing]] and [[distance]] between two [[point]]s.

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