invertible

American

[in-vur-tuh-buhl] / ɪnˈvɜr tə bəl /

adjective

able to be turned upside down, turned inside out, or reversed in position, order, direction, etc.; subject to inversion.

The data is converted using invertible transforms, such as a Fourier transform.

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Correction, Jan. 24, 2021: Due to a transcription error, this piece originally misquoted Connor Chung as saying that broad swaths of fossil fuel companies’ assets stand to be rendered invertible.

From Slate • Jan. 24, 2022

Many ciphers are designed using invertible matrices as the method of message transference, as finding the inverse of a matrix is generally part of the process of decoding.

From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015

The data can only be decrypted with an invertible matrix and the determinant.

From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015

Not all square matrices have an inverse, but if is invertible, then is unique.

From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015

An invertible matrix has the property See Example 2.

From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015

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