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Inverse vs Quadrature - What's the difference?

inverse | quadrature |

As a verb inverse

is .

As an adjective inverse

is inverted.

As a noun quadrature is

the process of making something square; squaring.

inverse

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Opposite in effect or nature or order
  • reverse, opposite in order
  • (botany) Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.
  • (mathematics) Having the properties of an inverse; said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity.
  • Multiplication is the inverse operation to division.
  • (linguistics, Kiowa-Tanoan) A grammatical number marking that indicates the opposite grammatical number (or numbers) of the default number specification of noun class.
  • (category theory) A morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse.
  • Derived terms

    * inverse function * inversely

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The opposite of a given, due to contrary nature or effect.
  • :: ''Deposing is the inverse of installing, and vice versa
  • The reverse version of a procedure.
  • Removing one's shoes is the inverse of putting one's shoes on
  • (mathematics) The inverse of an element x'' with respect to a binary operation is an element that when combined with ''x yields the appropriate identity element.
  • The additive inverse of x is -x as, x + -x = 0 where 0 is the additive identity element.
    The multiplicative inverse of x is x-1 as, x * x-1 = 1 where 1 is the multiplicative identity element.
    ''The compositional inverse of a function f is f–1 as, f f–1 is the identity function (ie f–1(f(a)) = a for all a).
  • (logic) A statement constructed from the negatives of the premise and conclusion of some other statement: ~p ? ~q is the inverse of p ? q.
  • Verb

    (invers)
  • (surveying) To compute the bearing and distance between two points.
  • Antonyms

    * compute (a point).

    Anagrams

    * ----

    quadrature

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of making something square; squaring.
  • (mathematics) The act or process of constructing a square that has the same area as a given plane figure, or of computing that area.
  • The act or process of finding the indefinite integral.
  • (astronomy) a situation in which three celestial bodies form a right-angled triangle, the observer being located at the right angle
  • When the Moon is in quadrature, it appears in the sky as a half-moon.
  • (physics) the condition in which the phase angle between two alternating quantities is 90°.
  • (arts) A painting painted on a wooden panel.
  • Derived terms

    * quadratural