1. Adjective
Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed; inverted; reciprocal; -- opposed to direct.
2. Adjective
Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.
3. Adjective
Opposite in nature and effect; -- said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity; as, multiplication is the inverse operation to division. The symbol of an inverse operation is the symbol of the direct operation with -1 as an index. Thus sin-1 x means the arc whose sine is x.
4. Noun
That which is inverse.
5. Adjective
Relating to the operation that reverses the effect of another operation
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