Inverse

Inverse or Inversion may refer to:

• Antonym, word pairs that are opposite in meaning
• Inverse multiplexer, a data stream to be broken into multiple lower data rate communications links
• Inversion (music), has several meanings
• Perspective (graphical), the further the object, the larger it is drawn
• Roller coaster inversions, turns riders upside-down
• Inverter (electrical), converts direct current to alternating current
• Inverted yield curve, when long-term interest rates fall below short-term interest rates
• Priority inversion, where a low priority task holds a shared resource that a high priority task needs
• Reverse video, colors are reversed giving the appearance of a negative, cf. Negative (photography)
• Inversion (prosody), the reversal of the order of a foot's elements
• Inverted river delta, the narrow end on the seafront, the wide end located further inland
• Mirror image, in geometry, reflection in a plane mirror
• Inverted pyramid, a metaphor that illustrates how to arrange information in a news story
• Inverted sugar syrup, a sucrose-based syrup treated with the enzyme invertase

In mathematics:

• Inverse (mathematics), the opposite of something
• Pseudoinverse, a generalization of the inverse matrix
• Inverse function, f'(f(x)) = x
• Inverse problem, in science and mathematics, fitting the model to the data
• Negative and non-negative numbers
• Inverter (logic gate), also called NOT gate

In science:

• 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
• Antimatter, composed of antiparticles
• Inverse-square law, something is inversely proportional to the square of the distance
• Homosexuality
• Chromosomal inversion, where a segment of a chromosome is reversed end to end

See also

• Reverse
• Opposite
• Obverse and reverse, in coins
• Introversion and extroversion