English Dictionary

inverse

/ɪnˈvɝs/

adj

Opposite in effect, nature or order. / Reverse, opposite in order. / (botany) Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.

The inverse relationship between temperature and pressure is well-known in physics.

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Opposite in effect, nature or order.

意味（2）

Reverse, opposite in order.

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(botany) Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.

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(mathematics) Having the properties of an inverse; said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity.

Multiplication is the inverse operation to division.

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(geometry) That has the property of being an inverse (the result of a circle inversion of a given point or geometrical figure); that is constructed by circle inversion.

A circle inversion maps a given generalized circle to its inverse generalized circle.

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(category theory, of a category) Whose every element has an inverse (morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse).