| Definitions | | inverse |
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noun
- The reverse version of a procedure
- Removing one's shoes is the inverse of putting one's shoes on
- (math) An element of an algebraic structure, which yields the identity when applied to a given element.
- The inverse of 2 under addition is -2, under multiplication it is 1/2.
- (math) A function which when composed with a given function yields the identity function.
- (context, logic) A statement constructed from the negatives of the premise and conclusion of some other statement.
Translations: verb (invers, ing)
- (surveying) To compute the bearing and distance between two points. This is the inverse operation of computing a point.
adjective
- (math) Having the properties of an inverse.
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