inverse function

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noun Mathematics.

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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Origin of inverse function

First recorded in 1810–20

Words nearby inverse function

Inverness-shire, inverse, inverse cosecant, inverse cosine, inverse cotangent, inverse function, inverse image, inversely, inverse square law, inversion, inversion casting

How to use inverse function in a sentence

Somehow, the brevity of the message creates an inverse potential for misunderstanding.
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But the copper performs another important function: working as a catalyst in the distillation process.
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This is an inverse Pietà, and something of a sexual anarchist; she ardently refuses to be oriented in an orientation.
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The iPad was an even bigger hit, especially as it had a new function that allowed him to play the drawing back.
The Many Lives of Artist David Hockney|William O’Connor|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Openness might be a function of sexuality and gender, as well.
Coming Out Kinky to Your Doctor, in Black and Blue|Heather Boerner|October 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Now recall the series in an inverse order, beginning with “Fieldhand,” and going back to “Building.”
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
To prevent intruders or extruders from withdrawing his mind from the text, he exercises the Inhibitory function of the Attention.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
Little girls perhaps represent the attractive function of adornment: they like to be thought pretty.
Children's Ways|James Sully
This is hardly a function—parties even in the big political country-houses are more or less informal.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
The first cost of these engines was probably in inverse proportion to their power.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick