An inverse is the opposite or reverse of something.
When we talk about an inverse, we often mean that two things are related but one is the exact opposite of the other. For example, if there's a direct relationship between numbers, an inverse would be a formula or equation that does the opposite, like dividing instead of multiplying. In science and math, the concept of inverse is important for understanding how things work in reverse. In everyday language, we might use the word to describe a situation where someone's usual behavior or action is flipped on its head. For instance, if someone is normally very outgoing but becomes introverted after a big change in their life, you could say that their personality has become inverse.
How common is "inverse"?
Word inverse is considered rare in modern English. It appears most frequently in academic texts and less often in other writings.
Definitions
noun
An inverted state: a state in which something has been turned (properly) upside down or inside out or backwards.
Example: 321 is the inverse of 123.
The result of an inversion, particularly:
A second element which negates a first; in a binary operation, the element for which the binary operation—when applied to both it and an initially given element—yields the operation's identity element, specifically:
A morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse.
The winning of the coup in a game of rouge et noir by a card of a color different from that first dealt; the area of the table reserved for bets upon such an outcome.
(Kiowa-Tanoan) A grammatical number marking that indicates the opposite grammatical number (or numbers) of the default number specification of noun class.
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verb
To compute the bearing and distance between two points.
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adjective
Opposite in effect, nature or order.
Reverse, opposite in order.
Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.
Having the properties of an inverse; said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity.
Example: Multiplication is the inverse operation to division.
That has the property of being an inverse (the result of a circle inversion of a given point or geometrical figure); that is constructed by circle inversion.
Example: A circle inversion maps a given generalized circle to its inverse generalized circle.
(of a category) Whose every element has an inverse (morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse).
