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inverse

/ɪnˈvɝs/
noun
  1. An inverted state: a state in which something has been turned (properly) upside down or inside out or backwards.

    "321 is the inverse of 123."

  2. The result of an inversion, particularly:

  3. A second element which negates a first; in a binary operation, the element for which the binary operation—when applied to both it and an initially given element—yields the operation's identity element, specifically:

Synonymsadditive, compositional, curve, point, multiplicative
verb
  1. To compute the bearing and distance between two points.

Antonymscompute
adjective
  1. Opposite in effect, nature or order.

  2. Reverse, opposite in order.

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

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