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The number of medals on an officer's breast varies in inverse proportion to the square of the distance of his duties from the front line.
Charles Edward Montague

Meaning of "inverse" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INVERSE

From Latin inversus, from invertere to invert.
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PRONUNCIATION OF INVERSE

inverse  [ɪnˈvɜːs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INVERSE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Inverse can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INVERSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Inverse

Inverse may refer to: ▪ Inverse, a type of immediate inference from a conditional sentence ▪ Inverse multiplexer, which breaks a single data stream into several streams with lower data rates ▪ "Invert", a term used in the exotic pet industry to refer to arthropods ▪ Inversions, a science fiction novel by Iain M. Banks ▪ "Invert" is also an archaic and possibly offensive term for a person who is homosexual...

Definition of inverse in the English dictionary

The first definition of inverse in the dictionary is opposite or contrary in effect, sequence, direction, etc. Other definition of inverse is containing two variables such that an increase in one results in a decrease in the other. Inverse is also operating on a specified member of a set to produce the identity of the set: the additive inverse element of x is –x, the multiplicative inverse element of x is 1/x.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INVERSE


adverse
ˈædvɜːs
autoreverse
ˌɔːtəʊrɪˈvɜːs
averse
əˈvɜːs
biodiverse
ˌbaɪəʊdaɪˈvɜːs
controverse
ˈkɒntrəˌvɜːs
converse
kənˈvɜːs
covers
ˈkəʊvɜːs
diverse
daɪˈvɜːs
metaverse
ˈmɛtəˌvɜːs
multiverse
ˈmʌltɪˌvɜːs
obverse
ˈɒbvɜːs
perverse
pəˈvɜːs
renverse
rɛnˈvɜːs
retroverse
ˈrɛtrəˌvɜːs
reverse
rɪˈvɜːs
transverse
trænzˈvɜːs
traverse
ˈtrævɜːs
Twitterverse
ˈtwɪtəˌvɜːs
universe
ˈjuːnɪˌvɜːs
verse
vɜːs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INVERSE

inveracities
inveracity
Inveraray
Invercargill
Inverclyde
inverity
Inverness
Inverness-shire
inverse function
inverse graffiti
inverse square law
inversely
inversion
inversive
invert
invert sugar
invertase
invertebral
invertebrate
inverted chord

WORDS THAT END LIKE INVERSE

blank verse
chapter and verse
comic verse
disperse
free verse
girdle traverse
heroic verse
immerse
in reverse
inflationary universe
island universe
Leonine verse
light verse
masters of the universe
merse
monodisperse
nonsense verse
perse
Saint-John Perse
terse

Synonyms and antonyms of inverse in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INVERSE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «inverse» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of inverse

Translation of «inverse» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INVERSE

Find out the translation of inverse to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of inverse from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «inverse» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inversa
570 millions of speakers

English

inverse
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उलटा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

معكوس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обратная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

inversa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিপরীত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inverse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Songsang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gegenteil
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

逆数
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kabalikan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngược
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தலைகீழ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्यस्त
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ters
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inverso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

odwrotna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зворотна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

invers
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντίστροφο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

inverse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

invers
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

inverse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of inverse

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INVERSE»

The term «inverse» is very widely used and occupies the 14.295 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INVERSE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about inverse

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10 QUOTES WITH «INVERSE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word inverse.
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Hamish Bowles
I kind of miss the hatchet days of Mr. Fairchild at 'WWD', when they really took no prisoners and there was sort of outrageous favoritism and its inverse.
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William F. Buckley, Jr.
There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.
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Hans Eysenck
There thus appears to be an inverse correlation between recovery and psychotherapy; the more psychotherapy, the smaller the recovery rate.
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Josh Fox
'Memorial Day' is about 'spring break' girls-gone-wild culture which is the seedy underbelly of our American Puritanism, the inverse side of the coin. It's also about how we forcefully exported that culture and then pretended to not know what we were doing.
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Michael J. Fox
My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.
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Jason Gedrick
For people that are degenerates, if you've spent so much time feeling a certain way, it's actually uncomfortable to feel like a winner. The familiarity of losing is, in an inverse way, comforting. At least you know where you stand.
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Lena Headey
There's a perceived inverse relation between looks and talent. Look at Charlize Theron - she made herself ugly for 'Monster' and suddenly everyone said 'she's a genius.' It shouldn't be like that.
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Robyn Hitchcock
People's intelligence tends to be in inverse proportion to their number. People don't tend to get smarter as they get into bigger groups.
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Charles Edward Montague
The number of medals on an officer's breast varies in inverse proportion to the square of the distance of his duties from the front line.
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C. Northcote Parkinson
The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INVERSE»

Discover the use of inverse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to inverse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Introduction to Inverse Problems in Imaging
This is a graduate textbook on the principles of linear inverse problems, methods of their approximate solution, and practical application in imaging.
M. Bertero, P. Boccacci, 1998
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Inverse Infrastructures: Disrupting Networks from Below
This fascinating book considers the emergence of inverse infrastructures as a new phenomenon that will have a vast impact on consumers, industry and policy.
Tineke M. Egyedi, Donna C. Mehos, 2012
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An Introduction to the Mathematical Theory of Inverse Problems
This book introduces the reader to the area of inverse problems.
Andreas Kirsch, 2011
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Parameter Estimation and Inverse Problems
This book takes on these fundamental and challenging problems, introducing students and professionals to the broad range of approaches that lie in the realm of inverse theory.
Richard C. Aster, Brian Borchers, Clifford H. Thurber, 2013
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Solitons and the Inverse Scattering Transform
A study, by two of the major contributors to the theory, of the inverse scattering transform and its application to problems of nonlinear dispersive waves that arise in fluid dynamics, plasma physics, nonlinear optics, particle physics, ...
Mark J. Ablowitz, Harvey Segur, 1981
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Geophysical Data Analysis: Discrete Inverse Theory: MATLAB ...
The new edition maintains the accessible and succinct manner for which it is known, with the addition of: MATLAB examples and problem sets Advanced color graphics Coverage of new topics, including Adjoint Methods; Inversion by Steepest ...
William Menke, 2012
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Regularization of Inverse Problems
This book starts with an overview over some classes of inverse problems of practical interest. Inverse problems typically lead to mathematical models that are ill-posed in the sense of Hadamard.
Heinz Werner Engl, Martin Hanke, Andreas Neubauer, 2000
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Geophysical Inverse Theory
Although illustrated with examples from geophysics, this book has broad implications for researchers in applied disciplines from materials science and engineering to astrophysics, oceanography, and meteorology.
Robert Ladislav Parker, 1994
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A History of Inverse Probability: From Thomas Bayes to Karl ...
It is with this in mind that this work is offered, my particular concern being the examination of the devel opment of one of the fundamental aspects of modern Bayesian Statistics.
Andrew I. Dale, 1999
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Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging With MATLAB Algorithms
This book provides a full representation of Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR) imagery, which is a popular and important radar signal processing tool. The book covers all possible aspects of ISAR imaging.
Caner Ozdemir, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INVERSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term inverse is used in the context of the following news items.
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Improving Basic Structural Arbitrage
XIV is the inverse short term volatility ETN. TMF is the 3X leveraged 20+ year government bond ETF. Here are the strategy's results in a linear ... «Seeking Alpha, Jul 15»
2
No Relief For EUR; Path Clear For Selloff - Morgan Stanley
Our assumption that there could be a limited period where the inverse relationship between the EUR and equities markets broke down, ... «Forex Crunch, Jul 15»
3
Reality Check: No, your Wi-Fi isn't dangerous | Alphr
The signal strength of Wi-Fi diminishes from the source very quickly. It follows the inverse-square law: so the further you are from the router, the ... «Alphr, Jul 15»
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UPDATE 1-Morningstar affirms Gundlach's DoubleLine fund 'not …
... use of so-called esoteric mortgage-backed securities, which included inverse floaters, interest-only bonds, and inverse interest-only bonds.". «Reuters, Jul 15»
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Why Outing Will Never Vanquish Gay Shame - The Daily Beast
But its inverse—coming out—is what LGBTs, famous and non, try for if they want to retain not only control, but also pride. Caitlyn Jenner has ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
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Fantastic Challenges - Barron's
In Benjamin Franklin's famous saying, they must all hang together or they assuredly will hang separately. They face the inverse of the classic ... «Barron's, Jul 15»
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(Podcast) Is Gold Headed Below $1,000? - NASDAQ.com
This has lead to huge gains in inverse mining ETFs that use leverage like the Direxion Gold Miners Bear -3x ETF (NYSEARCA:DUST). DUST is ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
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VIX swoon since June may signal opportunity for investors …
The VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Short-Term exchange-traded note XIV, +0.68% is up 19% this week. Even ordinary stock investors might ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
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China shoots for World Cup glory, Opinion News & Top Stories - The …
But the 1.69m-tall forward - small in size but colossal in footballing prowess - is the exact inverse of China, a giant in many fields but a minnow ... «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
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This week's new live music | Music | The Guardian
Rather, Rat Boy and his crew seem to be an inverse of the young Blur. They were Essex tunesmiths with nothing much to say. Rat Boy, on the ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

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