inverse

Arranged in the opposite order or position.

• List the names in inverse order.
• The second diagram shows an inverse arrangement.
• These two lists have inverse sequences.

Similar words: reverse, opposite

Common phrases: inverse order, inverse arrangement

Describing a mathematical action that undoes another action.

• Division is an inverse operation of multiplication.
• Find the inverse function of this expression.
• These inverse operations return the number we started with.

Common phrases: inverse operation, inverse function

Produced by a circle-based transformation that moves points according to their distance from its center.

• Draw the inverse point.
• The inverse circle passes through these two points.
• We calculated the inverse figure using the circle’s radius.

Common phrases: inverse point, inverse circle

Something that reverses another action or process.

• Removal is the inverse of insertion.
• This process is the inverse of the earlier one.
• Can you describe the inverse of that procedure?

How to use it: the inverse of something (Closing the valve is the inverse of opening it.)

Similar words: reverse, opposite

Common phrases: inverse of something, exact inverse

A state or position in which something is upside down, inside out, or facing the opposite way.

• The new position is the inverse of the old one.
• Turn the object into its inverse.
• The diagram shows the normal state and its inverse.

How to use it: the inverse of something (This position is the inverse of the original one.)

Similar words: reverse

Common phrases: inverse position, the inverse

A ratio with its two numbers or quantities exchanged.

• The inverse of three to two is two to three.
• Write down the inverse of this ratio.
• The two ratios are inverses of each other.

How to use it: the inverse of a ratio (The inverse of the ratio four to five is five to four.)

Similar words: reciprocal

Common phrases: inverse ratio, inverse of something