inverse

inverse has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• 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.
• n.. something inverted in sequence or character or effect; "when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse"
• a.. reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
• a.. opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity ; "a term is in inverse proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other decreases (or increases)"