inverse

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Opposite in effect, nature or order.
2. (not-comparable) Reverse, opposite in order.
3. (not-comparable) Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.
4. (not-comparable) 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. (not-comparable) 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.
6. (not-comparable) Whose every element has an inverse (morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse).

Noun

1. An inverted state: a state in which something has been turned (properly) upside down or (loosely) inside out or backwards.
2. The result of an inversion
3. The result of an inversion
4. The result of an inversion
5. The result of an inversion
6. 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:
7. 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:
8. 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:
9. A morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse.
10. 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.
11. A grammatical number marking that indicates the opposite grammatical number (or numbers) of the default number specification of noun class.

Verb

To compute the bearing and distance between two points.

Synonyms

reverse

opposite

contrary

reversed

inverted

reciprocal

converse

back

🔙

backward

return

inversion

inverse figure

kick

opposite side

overturned

ploughed

pour

resistance

retrograde

reversal

reverse direction

reversion

turned

upside down

retral

opposite word

phase reversal

reversed phase

out-phase

in-phase opposition

inphase opposition

against it

against the hair

antiphase

antipode

antithesis

antonym

bend

contrast

counter

hot

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Translations

inverse

inverso

umgekehrt

inverso

invers

opposto

inverso

αντίστροφος

entgegengesetzt

contrario

omgekeerd

contraire

ανάστροφος

invers

Umkehrung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈvɝs/

Etymology

Recorded since 1440, from Latin inversus, the past participle of invertere (“to invert”), itself from in- (“in, on”) + vertere (“to turn”).