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| in·verse [ in vúrss ] |
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1. opposite or reversing: opposite to or reversing something
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2. mathematics involving oppositely affected variables: involving two variables that are in a mathematical relationship where, when one increases, the other decreases and vice versa
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noun (plural in·verses) |
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1. opposite: something that is a total opposite
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2. mathematics element of set: either of two elements of a set that when added together give 0, one being the negative of the other, e.g. 7 and -7
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3. mathematics
Same as inverse function
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4. logic opposite logical proposition: a logical proposition in which both the subject and the predicate are the opposite of another proposition
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| [15th century. < Latin inversus, past participle of invertere "turn upside down," literally "turn in" < vertere "to turn"] |
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  in·verse·ly adverb |
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