INVERSE
\ɪnvˈɜːs], \ɪnvˈɜːs], \ɪ_n_v_ˈɜː_s]\
Definitions of INVERSE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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something inverted in sequence or character or effect; "when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse"
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opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity ; "a term is in inverse proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other decreases (or increases)"
By Princeton University
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something inverted in sequence or character or effect; "when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse"
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(mathematics) varying in a manner opposite to that of another quantity; "a term is in inverse proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other decreases (or increases)"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.
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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.
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That which is inverse.
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Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed; inverted; reciprocal; - opposed to direct.
By Oddity Software
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Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.
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That which is inverse.
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Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed; inverted; reciprocal; - opposed to direct.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Inverted; reciprocal. Inverse ratio, the ratio of the reciprocals of two quantities. Inverse proportion, an equality between a direct ratio and an inverse ratio; the rule of three or proportion, applied in a reverse or contrary order. See Invert.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Placed in contrary order; opposed to direct; in bot., having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of what is usual.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Thomas Sheridan
