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inverse function

noun

, Mathematics.
  1. the function that replaces another function when the dependent and independent variables of the first function are interchanged for an appropriate set of values of the dependent variable. In y = sin x and x = arc sin y, the inverse function of sine is arc sine.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of inverse function1

First recorded in 1810–20

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