inverse adj

1 reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect [syn: reverse]

2 opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity ; "a term is in inverse proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other decreases (or increases)" [ant: direct] n : something inverted in sequence or character or effect; "when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse" [syn: opposite]

English

Adjective

1. Having the properties of an inverse.

Translations

• Japanese: あべこべな (abekobe na)
• Swedish: invers

Noun

1. The reverse version of a procedure

   Removing one's shoes is the inverse of putting one's shoes on

2. 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.

3. A function which when composed with a given function yields the identity function.
4. In the context of "logic": A statement constructed from the negatives of the premise and conclusion of some other statement.

Translations

• Japanese: あべこべ (abekobe)
• Swedish: invers c
• Dutch: inverse, omgekeerd, tegenovergestelde

Verb

1. To compute the bearing and distance between two points. This is the inverse operation of computing a point.

Italian

Adjective

inverse

1. Feminine plural form of inverso

Inverse or Inversion may refer to:

• Inverse (program), a program for solving Inverse and Optimization problems
• Inversion (music)
• Inversion (prosody), the reversal of the order of a foot's elements
• Inversion (linguistics)
• Inversion (law), reincorporation by a firm in a different country e.g. to save taxes

• Inversion in postcolonial theory, a discursive strategy/gesture in cultural and subaltern studies
• Invert, a bmx trick
• Inverted pyramid, a way to arrange information in a news story
• Inverted sugar syrup

• Anastrophe, a literary device
• Mirror image
• Roller coaster inversions, which turn riders upside-down

• Inversion therapy, the practise of hanging upside down (heart higher than head) for supposed health benefits.

Science and Mathematics

• Inversion (kinesiology), movement of the sole towards the median plane
• Inverse (mathematics)
• Inversive geometry, transformation geometry based on inversion in a circle
• Method of inversion, the image of a harmonic function in a sphere (or plane).
• Inverse problem, in science and mathematics, fitting a model to known data
• Inversion (geology), the relative uplift of a previously basinal area resulting from local shortening, in structural geology
• Inversion (meteorology), air temperature increasing with height
• Inversion (nuclear), the "island of inversion", a group of elements with abnormal nuclear shell structure
• Chromosomal inversion, where a segment of a chromosome is reversed end to end
• Nitrogen inversion, a chemical process in which a trigonal nitrogen-containing structure turns inside-out
• Population inversion, in statistical mechanics, when a system exists in state with more members in an excited state than in lower energy states
• Sexual inversion, in biology, the switching from one sex to the opposite among some animal species.
• Sexual inversion (sexology), a term for reversal of gender roles, usually implying homosexuality, found primarily in older scientific literature
• Inversion (linguistics), a term referring to a number of different distinct grammatical constructions found in the languages of the world.

Technology

• Inverse multiplexer (or 'demultiplexer'), which breaks a single data stream into several streams with lower data rates
• Inverter (electrical), which converts direct current to alternating current
• Inverter (logic gate) (or 'NOT gate')
• Priority inversion, in which a low-priority task holds a shared resource that a high-priority task needs

See also

• Antonym, word pairs that are opposite in meaning
• Introversion and extroversion
• Inverse-square law, something is inversely proportional to the square of the distance
• Inverted river delta, the narrow end on the seafront, the wide end located further inland
• Obverse and reverse, in coins
• Opposite
• Reverse
• Reverse perspective, in art, the further the object, the larger it is drawn
• Voice inversion, a method of scrambling communications

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