inverse

CEFRB2

/ɪnˈvɝs/

adjective · noun

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.
Reverse, opposite in order.
Opposite in effect, nature or order.

In context

A circle inversion maps a given generalized circle to its inverse generalized circle.
Multiplication is the inverse operation to division.
Cowgirl is the inverse of missionary.

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If the player... be determined to try his luck on the inverse, he must place his money on a yellow circle, or rather a collection of circles, situated at the extremity of the table.
1850, Henry George Bohn, The Hand-book of Games, page 343
Inversion is the inferring, from a given proposition, another proposition whose subject is the contradictory of the subject of the original proposition. The given proposition is called the Invertend, that which is inferred from it is termed the Inverse... The rule for Inversion is: Convert either the Obverted Converse or the Obverted Contrapositive.
1896, James Welton, A Manual of Logic, 2nd edition, Bk iii, Ch. iii, §102
The tailleur never mentions the words ‘Black’ or ‘Inverse’, but always says that Red wins or Red loses, and that the colour wins or the colour loses.
1950, Lawrence Hawkins Dawson, Hoyle's Games Modernized, 20th edition, page 291

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Recorded since 1440, from Latin inversus, the past participle of invertere (“to invert”), itself from in- (“against, in”) + vertere (“to turn”).