Inverse
/ɪnˈvɝs/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Inverse
noun
- An inverted state: a state in which something has been turned (properly) upside down or inside out or backwards.
"321 is the inverse of 123."
- The result of an inversion, particularly:
- A second element which negates a first; in a binary operation, the element for which the binary operation—when applied to both it and an initially given element—yields the operation's identity element, specifically:
- A morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse.
- The winning of the coup in a game of rouge et noir by a card of a color different from that first dealt; the area of the table reserved for bets upon such an outcome.
adjective
- Opposite in effect, nature or order.
- Reverse, opposite in order.
- Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.
- Having the properties of an inverse; said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity.
"Multiplication is the inverse operation to division."
- That has the property of being an inverse (the result of a circle inversion of a given point or geometrical figure); that is constructed by circle inversion.
"A circle inversion maps a given generalized circle to its inverse generalized circle."
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SYNONYMS
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