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inversive

American  
[in-vur-siv] / ɪnˈvɜr sɪv /

adjective

  1. noting, pertaining to, or characterized by inversion.

Etymology

Origin of inversive

First recorded in 1870–75; invers(ion) + -ive

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In graduate school at Columbia he soured on astronomy, took his master's degree in higher mathematics with a thesis on An Introduction to Inversive Geometry.

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