Inverse

Meaning

Adj

●

Opposite

,

or order.

●

Reverse,

in order.

●

In Botany:

Inverted; having a

or

of

the

of that which is usual.

●

In Mathematics:

Having the

of an

; said with

to any two

, which, when both are

in

upon any

,

that

.

●

In Curves & Geometry:

That has the

of being an

(the result of a

circle inversion

of a given point or

); that is

by

circle inversion

.

●

In Category theory:

Whose every

has an

(morphism which is both a

and a right

).

Noun

●

An

state: a state in which something has been

(properly)

or (loosely)

or backwards.

●

The result of an inversion

The

of any

or process.

●

In Mathematics:

The result of an inversion

A

etc. in which the

and

are switched.

●

In Geometry:

The result of an inversion

The result of a

circle inversion

; the set

such

; the

by such a set.

●

In Logic:

The result of an inversion

The non-truth-preserving

by

both the

and

of an

given

.

●

In Mathematics:

A second

which

a first; in a

binary operation

, the

for which the

binary operation

—when

to both it and an

given

—yields the

's

identity element

, specifically:

The

of a given number.

One

by a given number.

A second

which, when

with the

given

,

as its

any

into the first

.

●

In Category theory:

A

which is both a

and a right

.

●

In Card games:

The

of the

in

of

by a

of a

different from that first

; the area of the

for

upon such an outcome.

●

In Linguistics:

A

grammatical number

that

the

grammatical number

(or

) of the

number

of

class.

Verb

●

In Surveying:

To

the

and

between two points.

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Synonyms

Additive Inverse

Multiplicative Inverse

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