Inverse
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Inverse typically means the opposite of something.
See:
- Antonym - A word with the opposite meaning.
- Inverse multiplexer - Splits a signal into several signals, opposite of a multiplexer.
- Inverse (music) - Oppositional direction of voice movement.
- Inverse perspective - Also Byzantine perspective: the further the objects, the larger they are drawn.
- Inverse-square law - The magnitude of a force is proportional to the inverse square of the distance.
See also inverse (mathematics)
Inversion has different meanings in different fields of knowledge:
- Something that is inverted or the process by which an inverse is obtained.
- In music, see Inversion (music).
- In amusement rides, see Roller coaster inversions.
- In geophysical sciences, see inverse problem.
- In meteorology, see temperature inversion.
- In genetics, see chromosomal inversion
- In electrical systems, inversion is the process of converting direct current to alternating current, see inverter (electrical)
- In computer science, see priority inversion.
- In chemistry, see Nitrogen inversion.
- In computer graphics and digital image processing, see reverse video.
- In anatomy, see Anatomical terms of location
Something that is inverted is something that is flipped over, around or otherwise appearing in an opposite manner than is normal, customary, or common.
Examples:
- An inverted river delta is a river delta that has an mirror-imaged geometry compared to normal river deltas.
- Antimatter is sometimes called inverted matter.
- Inverting an object is often referred to flipping it upside down.
- Negative numbers are sometimes referred to as inverted numbers.
- Mirror images are called inverted.
- Inverting the colors of a photograph results in a negative.
To invert means:
- to use an inverter
- to make something inverted
- the process of inversion
In Freudian psychology, an invert is a homosexual.
Invert is also the common name for a mixture of oil (petroleum) and diesel fuel. A by-product of oil well drilling, it is corrosive on clothing and skin, and highly flammable.
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