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in verse

 [adj., n. in-vurs, in-vurs; v. in-vurs]   Origin

in·verse

   [adj., n. in-vurs, in-vurs; v. in-vurs] adjective, noun, verb, -versed, -vers·ing.
adjective
1.
reversed in position, order, direction, or tendency.
2.
Mathematics.
a.
(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).
b.
of or pertaining to an inverse function. Compare direct (def. 16).
3.
inverted; turned upside down.
noun
4.
an inverted state or condition.
5.
something that is inverse; the direct opposite.
6.
Mathematics.
a.
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.
b.
inverse function.
c.
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.
d.
the set of such inverses of the points of a given set, as the points on a curve.

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verb (used with object)
7.
to invert.
Origin:
1605–15; < Latin inversus, past participle of invertere to turn upside down or inside out, reverse. See in-2, verse

Can be confused: converse, inverse, obverse, reverse (see synonym note at reverse).
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inverse
1440, from L. inversus, pp. of invertere (see invert).
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inverse  
Adjective   (ĭn-vûrs')
Relating to a mathematical operation whose nature or effect is the opposite of another operation. For example, addition and subtraction are inverse operations, as are multiplication and division.

Noun   (ĭn'vûrs')

  1. An inverse operation. Subtraction is the inverse of addition.

  2. Either of a pair of elements in a set whose result under the mathematical operation of the set is the identity element. For example, the inverse of 5 under multiplication is 1/5 , since 5 × 1/5 = 1, the identity element under multiplication. The inverse of 5 under addition is -5, since 5 + -5 = 0.


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