Inverse vs Quadrature - What's the difference?
inverse | quadrature |
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.
(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.
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.
(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.
(logic) A statement constructed from the negatives of the premise and conclusion of some other statement: ~p ? ~q is the inverse of p ? q.
(surveying) To compute the bearing and distance between two points.
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
(physics) the condition in which the phase angle between two alternating quantities is 90°.
(arts) A painting painted on a wooden panel.
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
(-)- Multiplication is the inverse operation to division.
Derived terms
* inverse function * inverselyNoun
(en noun)- Removing one's shoes is the inverse of putting one's shoes on
- 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).
Verb
(invers)Antonyms
* compute (a point).Anagrams
* ----quadrature
English
Noun
(en noun)- When the Moon is in quadrature, it appears in the sky as a half-moon.