Inverse

Adjective

 * 1) Opposite in effect or nature or order
 * 2) reverse, opposite in or order
 * 3)  Having the properties of an inverse.
 * 4) (Kiowa-Tanaon linguistics) A grammatical number marking that indicates the opposite grammatical number (or numbers) of the default number specification of noun class.

Derived terms

 * inverse function
 * inversely

Related terms

 * inversion
 * inversive
 * reverse

Noun

 * 1) The opposite of a given, due to contrary nature or effect.
 * ''Deposing is the opposite of installing, and vice versa
 * 1) The reverse version of a procedure.
 * Removing one's shoes is the inverse of putting one's shoes on
 * 1)  The inverse of an element x with respect to a binary operation is an element that when combined with x yields the appropriate identity element.
 * 2)  A statement constructed from the negatives of the premise and conclusion of some other statement: ~p → ~q is the inverse of p → q.

Verb

 * 1)  To compute the bearing and distance between two points.

Antonyms

 * compute (a point).

Thesaurus
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