inverse

1. a. Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed; inverted; reciprocal; -- opposed to direct. Source: opted

2. a. Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual. Source: opted

3. a. Opposite in nature and effect; -- said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity; as, multiplication is the inverse operation to division. The symbol of an inverse operation is the symbol of the direct operation with -1 as an index. Thus sin-1 x means the arc whose sine is x. Source: opted

4. n. That which is inverse. Source: opted

5. adj. reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect Source: wordnet

6. adj. opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity Source: wordnet

7. n. something inverted in sequence or character or effect Source: wordnet

8. 1. Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed; inverted; reciprocal; -- opposed to direct. 2. (Bot.) Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual. 3. (Math.) Opposite in nature and effect; -- said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity; as, multiplication is the inverse operation to division. The symbol of an inverse operation is the symbol of the direct operation with -1 as an index. Thus sin-1 x means the arc whose sine is x. Inverse figures (Geom.), two figures, such that each point of either figure is inverse to a corresponding point in the order figure. -- Inverse points (Geom.), two points lying on a line drawn from the center of a fixed circle or sphere, and so related that the product of their distances from the center of the circle or sphere is equal to the square of the radius. -- Inverse, or Reciprocal, ratio (Math.), the ratio of the reciprocals of two quantities. -- Inverse, or Reciprocal, proportion, an equality between a direct ratio and a reciprocal ratio; thus, 4 : 2 : : , or 4 : 2 : : 3 : 6, inversely. That which is inverse. Thus the course of human study is the inverse of the course of things in nature. Tatham. Source: webster

9. Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverseof that which is usual. Source: adambom

10. j:79/n:21 n. something inverted in sequence or character or effect s. reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect a. opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity Source: ecdict

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