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adjectivereversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
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"when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse"nounsomething inverted in sequence or character or effect
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"a term is in inverse proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other decreases (or increases)"adjectiveopposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
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- times an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed
- group a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse
- division an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed
- multiplication an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed
- hooke English scientist who formulated the law of elasticity and proposed a wave theory of light and formulated a theory of planetary motion and proposed the inverse square law of gravitational attraction and discovered the cellular structure of cork and introduced the term `cell' into biology and invented a balance spring for watches (1635-1703)
- reciprocal something (a term or expression or concept) that has an inverse relation to something else
- reciprocal (mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2; the multiplicative inverse of 7 is 1/7
- reciprocal of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function
- inversely in an inverse or contrary manner
- arcsine the inverse function of the sine; the angle that has a sine equal to a given number