inverse

逆の

順序や位置が反対になるように並べられた。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： reverse, opposite

よく使う表現： inverse order, inverse arrangement

逆の

数学で、別の演算の結果を元に戻す演算を表す。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： inverse operation, inverse function

反転した

円の中心からの距離に応じて点を移す、幾何学的な変換で得られた。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： inverse point, inverse circle

逆

別の動作や過程の結果を元に戻すもの。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： the inverse of something (Closing the valve is the inverse of opening it.)

類義語： reverse, opposite

よく使う表現： inverse of something, exact inverse

逆の状態

上下や内外が逆、または向きが反対になっている状態や位置。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： the inverse of something (This position is the inverse of the original one.)

類義語： reverse

よく使う表現： inverse position, the inverse

逆比

二つの数や量を入れ替えた比。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： the inverse of a ratio (The inverse of the ratio four to five is five to four.)

類義語： reciprocal

よく使う表現： inverse ratio, inverse of something