Inverse
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Inverse or Inversion may refer to:
- Inversion (music)
- Priority inversion, in which a low-priority task holds a shared resource that a high-priority task needs
- Inversion (prosody), the reversal of the order of a foot's elements
- Mirror image
- Inverted pyramid, a way to arrange information in a news story
- Inverted sugar syrup
- Roller coaster inversions, which turn riders upside-down
- Inverse (mathematics), the opposite of something
- Inverse matrix
- Inverse function, [f^(f(x)) = x]
- Pseudoinverse, a generalization of the inverse matrix
- Inverse (logic), [\lnot P \to \lnot Q] is the inverse of [P \to Q]
In technology:
- Inverter (electrical), which converts direct current to alternating current
- Inverter (logic gate) (or 'NOT gate')
- Inverse multiplexer (or 'demultiplexer'), which breaks a single data stream into several streams with lower data rates
- Temperature inversion, air temperature increasing with height
- Nitrogen inversion, in chemistry
- Population inversion, in statistical mechanics, when a system exists in state with more members in an excited state than in lower energy states
- Chromosomal inversion, where a segment of a chromosome is reversed end to end
- Inverse problem, in science and mathematics, fitting a model to known data
See also
- Antonym, word pairs that are opposite in meaning
- Introversion and extroversion
- Inverse-square law, something is inversely proportional to the square of the distance
- Inverted river delta, the narrow end on the seafront, the wide end located further inland
- Obverse and reverse, in coins
- Opposite
- Reverse
- Reverse perspective in art: the further the object, the larger it is drawn
- Homosexuality ("sexual inversion")
- Voice inversion a method of scrambling communications
- Inverted yield curve, a condition in finance when long-term interest rates fall below short-term interest rates
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