inverse
Opposite in order
Inverse describes something reversed in position, order, or effect.
An inverse relationship means one thing increases as another decreases: There's an inverse correlation between exercise and heart disease.
In mathematics, an inverse operation undoes another—subtraction is the inverse of addition.
The noun refers to the reversed form itself: The inverse is also true.
Turn to opposite
- contraryOpposed in nature
- antithesisDirect opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
- converseEngage in dialogue
- mirrorReflective viewing surface
counterpart · flip · antonym · negation · polar · contrast · opposing · counter
Engage in dialogue
- contrapositiveEquivalent reversed conditional
- implicationIndirect suggestion or consequence
- negationDenial or cancellation
- relationshipConnection between entities
conditional · biconditional · equivalence · statement · proposition · inference · deduction · reasoning
Reverse a prior action
- backwardToward what's behind
- retrogradeMoving in reverse direction
- transposeReverse order of elements
- flipQuick turning motion
mirror · reverse · backtrack · retrace · negate · cancel · restore · rollback
Purpose or duty
- matrixOrdered numerical arrangement
- operationProcess of working
- transformationThorough change in form
- multiplicativeInvolving multiplication operations
additive · modular · square · element · mapping · permutation · transpose · reciprocal
Case for direct objects
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
- caseContainer or instance
- markingIndicating with symbols
- typologyClassification by shared traits
Austronesian · grammatical · pattern · construction · voice
Comparative numerical relation
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- relationshipConnection between entities
- variationChange from a norm
- proportionalityScaling relationship between quantities
direct · scale · coefficient · dependent · independent · variable · graph · curve
reverse
Turn to opposite
- contraryOpposed in nature
- antithesisDirect opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
- converseEngage in dialogue
mirror · counterpart · flip · antonym · negation · polar · contrast · opposing · counter · antipodal
converse
Engage in dialogue
- contrapositiveEquivalent reversed conditional
- implicationIndirect suggestion or consequence
- negationDenial or cancellation
relationship · conditional · biconditional · equivalence · statement · proposition · inference · deduction · reasoning · proof
undo
Reverse a prior action
- backwardToward what's behind
- retrogradeMoving in reverse direction
- transposeReverse order of elements
flip · mirror · reverse · backtrack · retrace · negate · cancel · restore · rollback · unwinding
function
Purpose or duty
- matrixOrdered numerical arrangement
- operationProcess of working
- transformationThorough change in form
multiplicative · additive · modular · square · element · mapping · permutation · transpose · reciprocal · negation
accusative
Case for direct objects
typology · Austronesian · grammatical · pattern · construction · voice
ratio
Comparative numerical relation
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- relationshipConnection between entities
- variationChange from a norm
proportionality · direct · scale · coefficient · dependent · independent · variable · graph · curve · hyperbola
- algebravariables, equations, equation, polynomials, algebraic equations
- oppositesopposite, opposites, antonym, antonyms, converse
- reversalsreverse, undo, overturn, flip, backtrack
- relationsrelation, relationship, equivalence relation, connection, link
- operatorsplus, minus, negation, equals, not
- linear algebramatrix, linear equation, vectors, linear function, matrices
- inverse functionFunction undoing another function
- inverted triangleTriangle with apex below
- inverted crossCrucifix rotated 180 degrees
- inverted commasPunctuation enclosing quotations
- invert colorsReverse all hue values
- additive inverseNumber's zero-sum partner
invert, inversion, inverted, inversely, inverses, inversions, invertible, inverse function