in|verse´ly

in|verse´ly
in|verse «ihn VURS, IHN vurs», adjective, noun, verb, -versed, -vers|ing.
–adj.
1. exactly opposite; reversed in position, direction, or tendency; opposite in nature or effect: »

DCBA is the inverse order of ABCD. The reigning taste was so bad, that the success of a writer was in inverse proportion to his labor, and to his desire of excellence (Macaulay).

2. turned upside down; inverted: »

I saw a tower builded on a lake, Mock'd by its inverse shadow (Thomas Hood).

3. Mathematics. of or having to do with an inverse or an inverse function: »

an inverse operation, inverse elements.

–n.
1. something reversed: »

The inverse of ¾ is 4/3.

2. the direct opposite: »

Evil is the inverse of good.

3. Mathematics. a) an operation which cancels what another operation does: »

The inverse of addition is subtraction.

b) = inverse function. (Cf. ↑inverse function) c) either one of two elements in a set that by combining in a binary operation yield the identity element of the set.
–v.t.
to invert; reverse.
╂[< Latin inversus, past participle of invertere; see etym. under invert (Cf. ↑invert)]
–in|verse´ly, adverb.

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