Definition of Inverse

Inverse

Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed; inverted; reciprocal; -- opposed to direct.

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

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.

That which is inverse.

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Inverse Quotations

Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held.
Aldous Huxley

The quality of moral behavior varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings involved.
Aldous Huxley

There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.
William F. Buckley, Jr.

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.
C. Northcote Parkinson

Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
C. Northcote Parkinson

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.
Robyn Hitchcock

I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats.
Bill Veeck

There thus appears to be an inverse correlation between recovery and psychotherapy; the more psychotherapy, the smaller the recovery rate.
Hans Eysenck

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

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Inverse Translations

inverse in German is invertiert, invertierte, umgekehrt
inverse in Norwegian is omvendt
inverse in Spanish is inverso
inverse in Swedish is inverterat

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