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additive inverse

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noun

Mathematics.

  1. the number in the set of real numbers that when added to a given number will yield zero.

    The additive inverse of 2 is −2.

Etymology

Origin of additive inverse

First recorded in 1955–60

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In that sense, this was the additive inverse of 2013’s Harlem Shake.

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