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n. தலைகீழ்நிலை, நேர் எதிர்மாறாக உள்ள பொருள், (பெயரடை) நிலை ஒழுங்கு உறவை முதலியவற்றில் தலைகீழாகவுள்ள, தலைகீழ் எதிர்மாறான.


In*verse", a. Etym: [L. inversus, p. p. of invertere: cf. F. inverse. See Invert.] 1. Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed; inverted; reciprocal; -- opposed to direct. 2. (Bot.) Defn: Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual. 3. (Math.) Defn: Opposite in nature and effect; -- said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity; as, multiplication is the inverse operation to division. The symbol of an inverse operation is the symbol of the direct operation with -1 as an index. Thus sin-1 x means the arc whose sine is x. Inverse figures (Geom.), two figures, such that each point of either figure is inverse to a corresponding point in the order figure. -- Inverse points (Geom.), two points lying on a line drawn from the center of a fixed circle or sphere, and so related that the product of their distances from the center of the circle or sphere is equal to the square of the radius. -- Inverse, or Reciprocal, ratio (Math.), the ratio of the reciprocals of two quantities. -- Inverse, or Reciprocal, proportion, an equality between a direct ratio and a reciprocal ratio; thus, 4 : 2 : : , or 4 : 2 : : 3 : 6, inversely. In"verse, n. Defn: That which is inverse. Thus the course of human study is the inverse of the course of things in nature. Tatham.


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