noun
- plural of inverse; things that are opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or effect
- mathematical elements that when combined with given elements produce an identity element
Usage: mathematics
Examples
- The inverses of these functions are difficult to calculate.
- Hot and cold are inverses in terms of temperature.
- In mathematics, we studied additive inverses and multiplicative inverses.
- The inverses of the original statements were also true.
- These two processes are inverses of each other.
- Finding the inverses of complex matrices requires advanced techniques.