inverse

• صفة تصف شيئًا معاكسًا في الترتيب أو الطبيعة أو الأثر؛ تُستعمل في الرياضيات للدلالة على العملية أو العلاقة العكسية.

An adjective describing something that is opposite in order, nature, or effect; often used in mathematics to refer to a reverse operation or relationship.

1. Reversed in order or effectB2formal

   Something that is turned backward or opposite in order, nature, or effect.

   معكوس

   • The inverse relationship between supply and demand is fundamental in economics.
   • If you multiply a number by its inverse, you get one.
   • The inverse of 'hot' is 'cold' in this context.

   المرادفاتantitheticalcontraryconverseinvertedoppositereversereversedtransposed

   الأضدادdirectidenticalsame

2. Opposite in nature or relationB2formal

   Describing a quantity or relation that is opposite in effect or nature to another.

   عكسي

   • The inverse square law explains how light intensity decreases with distance.
   • In mathematics, the inverse of addition is subtraction.
   • The graph shows an inverse correlation between temperature and pressure.

   المرادفاتantitheticalcontraryconversecounteroppositereverse

   الأضدادdirectequalidenticalsame

• اسم يشير إلى شيء معاكس أو مقلوب في الترتيب أو الطبيعة أو التأثير.

A noun referring to something that is opposite or reversed in order, nature, or effect.

1. Opposite or contraryB2formal

   Something that is reversed in order, nature, or effect; the direct opposite of something else.

   العكس

   • The inverse of the statement 'all cats are animals' is 'not all animals are cats.'
   • In many cultures, white is the inverse of black in symbolic meaning.
   • Their approach was the exact inverse of ours.

   المرادفاتantithesiscontraryconverseobverseoppositereverse

2. Mathematical reciprocalB2formal

   In mathematics, the quantity that when multiplied by a given number yields 1; also the result of reversing the position or order of elements in a relation.

   المقلوب

   • The multiplicative inverse of 4 is 0.25 or 1/4.
   • In a function, the inverse undoes the original operation.
   • We calculated the inverse of the matrix using linear algebra.

   المرادفاتmultiplicative inversereciprocal

3. Logical or sequential reversalC1formal

   A change in sequence or order where the last becomes first and the first becomes last.

   الترتيب العكسي

   • In a palindrome, the sequence of letters reads the same as its inverse.
   • The inverse of the order of events completely changed the meaning.
   • He argued that the inverse arrangement would be more efficient.

   المرادفاتconverseinversionreversalreverse