Definitions for inverse

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inverse in·verse

Spelling: [adjective, noun in-vurs, in-vurs; verb in-

IPA: /adjective, noun ɪnˈvɜrs, ˈɪn vɜrs; verb ɪnˈvɜrs/

Inverse is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 165 anagrams from letters in inverse (eeinrsv).

Definitions for inverse

noun

1. an inverted state or condition.
2. something that is inverse; the direct opposite.
3. Mathematics. an element of an algebraic system, as a group, corresponding to a given element such that its product or sum with the given element is the identity element. inverse function. a point related to a given point so that it is situated on the same radius, extended if necessary, of a given circle or sphere and so that the product of the distances of the two points from the center equals the square of the radius of the circle or sphere. the set of such inverses of the points of a given set, as the points on a curve.

adjective

1. reversed in position, order, direction, or tendency.
2. Mathematics. (of a proportion) containing terms of which an increase in one results in a decrease in another. A term is said to be in inverse proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other decreases (or increases). of or relating to an inverse function. Compare direct (def 16).
3. inverted; turned upside down.

verb (used with object)

1. to invert.

Origin of inverse

1605-15; Latin inversus, past participle of invertere to turn upside down or inside out, reverse. See in-²,

Examples for inverse

Whatever the answer, the inverse desire for unlikable characters—truly despicable ones—is interesting.

The meagreness or negativeness of their content has been in an inverse ratio to their power.

The principle of the siphon recorder is exactly the inverse of the mirror galvanometer.

His lickings are in inverse ratio to the size of the licked.

The meme is the inverse of Harvey Milk: you gotta take away all their hope.

The inverse is also true, for good intentions often have evil results.

There is an inverse correlation at play: the nicer a man appears, the greater his cruelty behind closed doors.

Somehow, the brevity of the message creates an inverse potential for misunderstanding.

This is an inverse Pietà, and something of a sexual anarchist; she ardently refuses to be oriented in an orientation.

That is of course calculated under the law of the inverse square.