inverse
21inverse — in|verse1 [ˌınˈvə:s US ə:rs] adj [only before noun] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: inversus, past participle of invertere; INVERT] 1.) if there is an inverse relationship between two amounts, one gets bigger at the same rate as the other gets …
22inverse — I UK [ˌɪnˈvɜː(r)s] / US [ɪnˈvɜrs] / US [ˈɪnˌvɜrs] adjective 1) changing in the opposite way to something else, especially in position, size, or amount inverse proportion/relationship: The human population was growing in inverse proportion to that …
23inverse — in|verse1 [ ın vɜrs, ın,vɜrs ] adjective 1. ) changing in the opposite way to something else, especially in position, size, or amount: inverse proportion/relationship: The human population was growing in inverse proportion to that of the lions… …
24inverse — 1 adjective (only before noun) 1 in inverse proportion/relation to getting bigger at the same rate as something else gets smaller, or getting smaller at the same rate as something else gets bigger: Clearly, the amount of money people save… …
25inverse — adjective /ɪnˈvɜs / (say in vers), /ˈɪnvɜs / (say invers) 1. reversed in position, direction, or tendency: inverse order. 2. opposite to in nature or effect, as a mathematical relation or operation: subtraction is the inverse operation to… …
26inverse — adj. & n. adj. inverted in position, order, or relation. n. 1 the state of being inverted. 2 (often foll. by of) a thing that is the opposite or reverse of another. 3 Math. an element which, when combined with a given element in an operation,… …
27inverse — 1. adjective inverse snobbery See reverse 2. 2) 2. noun alkalinity is the inverse of acidity See opposite 3 …
28inverse — in•verse [[t]ɪnˈvɜrs, ˈɪn vɜrs[/t]] adj. 1) reversed in position, order, direction, or tendency 2) math. (of a proportion) containing terms of which an increase in one results in a decrease in another 3) inverted; turned upside down 4) an… …
29inverse — 1. adjective a) Opposite in effect or nature or order b) reverse, opposite in or order See Also: inversion, inversive, reverse 2. noun a) …
30inverse — adj. Inverse is used with these nouns: ↑correlation, ↑proportion, ↑relationship …
