Definition of inverse
- a. - Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed;
inverted; reciprocal; -- opposed to direct.
- a. - Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the
reverse of that which is usual.
- a. - Opposite in nature and effect; -- said with reference to
any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon
any quantity, reproduce that quantity; as, multiplication is the
inverse operation to division. The symbol of an inverse operation is
the symbol of the direct operation with -1 as an index. Thus sin-1 x
means the arc whose sine is x.
- n. - That which is inverse.