inverse

inverso

Disposto nell’ordine o nella posizione opposti.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: reverse, opposite

Espressioni comuni: inverse order, inverse arrangement

inverso

Detto di un’operazione matematica che annulla l’effetto di un’altra.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Espressioni comuni: inverse operation, inverse function

inverso

Ottenuto con una trasformazione geometrica che sposta i punti in base alla loro distanza dal centro di un cerchio.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Espressioni comuni: inverse point, inverse circle

inverso

Qualcosa che annulla l’effetto di un’altra azione o di un altro processo.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Come si usa: the inverse of something (Closing the valve is the inverse of opening it.)

Sinonimi: reverse, opposite

Espressioni comuni: inverse of something, exact inverse

posizione inversa

Stato o posizione di qualcosa capovolto, rivoltato o rivolto nella direzione opposta.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: the inverse of something (This position is the inverse of the original one.)

Sinonimi: reverse

Espressioni comuni: inverse position, the inverse

rapporto inverso

Rapporto in cui i due numeri o le due quantità sono scambiati.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: the inverse of a ratio (The inverse of the ratio four to five is five to four.)

Sinonimi: reciprocal

Espressioni comuni: inverse ratio, inverse of something