noun Download 🔗Share An inverted state: a state in which something has been turned (properly) upside down or inside out or backwards. Examples : "321 is the inverse of 123." position situation Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The result of an inversion, particularly: Examples : "The inverse of a successful project presentation is a confusing and poorly-received one. " math Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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: Examples : "In mathematics, every number has an inverse; for example, the inverse of adding 5 is subtracting 5, because together they result in zero, the additive identity. " math number logic element system Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse. Examples : "The inverse of a function that doubles a number is the function that halves it. " math logic theory system Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The inverse of the winning color in rouge et noir was a popular bet at the casino. " game bet Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (Kiowa-Tanoan) A grammatical number marking that indicates the opposite grammatical number (or numbers) of the default number specification of noun class. Examples : "The inverse, in this language, indicates a singular noun when the default is plural. " grammar linguistics language number Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To compute the bearing and distance between two points. Examples : "To find out how far and which direction the school is from home, we need to inverse the coordinates of both locations. " technical math direction point geography nautical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Opposite in effect, nature or order. Examples : "The inverse relationship between studying and getting good grades is clear: less studying often results in lower grades. " nature science math physics logic Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Reverse, opposite in order. Examples : "The inverse order of the math problems was confusing; we needed to work them backward. " math physics technical science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual. Examples : "The puzzle piece had an inverse shape to the hole, so it wouldn't fit. " position technical physics math Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "Multiplication is the inverse operation to division." math physics logic science technical function system Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "A circle inversion maps a given generalized circle to its inverse generalized circle." math Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of a category) Whose every element has an inverse (morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse). Examples : "Addition and subtraction are inverse operations; one undoes the other. " math theory Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading