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Meaning Of Inverse
a.
Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed;
inverted; reciprocal; -- opposed to direct.
a.
Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the
reverse of that which is usual.
a.
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.