inverse

inverse

Disposé dans l’ordre ou la position opposés.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : reverse, opposite

Expressions courantes : inverse order, inverse arrangement

inverse

Se dit d’une opération mathématique qui annule l’effet d’une autre.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : inverse operation, inverse function

inverse

Obtenu par une transformation géométrique déplaçant les points selon leur distance au centre d’un cercle.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : inverse point, inverse circle

inverse

Ce qui annule l’effet d’une autre action ou d’un autre processus.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : the inverse of something (Closing the valve is the inverse of opening it.)

Synonymes : reverse, opposite

Expressions courantes : inverse of something, exact inverse

position inversée

État ou position d’une chose mise à l’envers, retournée ou orientée dans le sens opposé.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : the inverse of something (This position is the inverse of the original one.)

Synonymes : reverse

Expressions courantes : inverse position, the inverse

rapport inverse

Rapport dont les deux nombres ou quantités ont été échangés.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : the inverse of a ratio (The inverse of the ratio four to five is five to four.)

Synonymes : reciprocal

Expressions courantes : inverse ratio, inverse of something