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inverse adjective

  /ɪnˈvɝs/ , /ˈɪnvɝs/
  • (geometry) That has the property of being an inverse (the result of a circle inversion of a given point or geometrical figure); that is constructed by circle inversion.
 invers
  • Reverse, opposite in order.
 omgekeerd
  • Opposite in effect, nature or order.
 tegengesteld, tegenovergesteld

inverse noun

  /ɪnˈvɝs/ , /ˈɪnvɝs/
  • (mathematics) 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:
 inverse
  • The reverse of any procedure or process.
 omgekeerde, spiegelbeeld
  • (card games) The winning of the coup in a game of rouge et noir by a card of a color different from that first dealt; the area of the table reserved for bets upon such an outcome.
 tegendeel, tegengestelde, tegenovergestelde

inversion noun

  /ɪnˈvɚ.ʒən/ , /ɪnˈvɜː.ʃən/
  • (music) The reversal of an interval; the move of one pitch in an interval up or down an octave.
  • (music) The position of a chord which has a note other than the root as its bass note.
  • (music) The flipping of a melody or contrapuntal line so that high notes become low and vice versa; the reversal of a pitch contour.
  • (grammar) Deviation from standard word order, as for example by putting the predicate before the subject. It takes place in questions with auxiliary verbs; in normal, affirmative clauses beginning with a negative particle, for the purpose of emphasis; and in other rhetorical devices or unusual situations.
 inversie
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