Inverse
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Inverse typically means the opposite of something. Template:Wiktionarypar 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) or its generalization, the pseudoinverse.
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 economics, an inversion of the yield curve means short-term interest rates are higher than long-term rates.
- 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.
- In poetry, see inversion (prosody).
- In physics Population inversion refers to the inversion of the population of electron levels.
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 a 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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