Dictionary entry

The inverse

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Definition

inverse / Çn'vɜ:s / adj ေျပာင္းျပန္။ The number of copies the paper sells seems to be in inverse proportion to the amount of news it contains (ie The more news it contains, the fewer copies it sells). / 'Çnvɜ:s / n the inverse [sing] ေျပာင္းျပန္။ This is the inverse of his earlier proposition. ❑ inversely / Çn'vɜ:sli / adv ေျပာင္းျပန္။ Rates are set at a level inversely related / proportional to expected demand.

Examples

  1. [inverse proportion/relationship] : The human population was growing in inverse proportion to that of the lions and elephants (=as one increased
  2. the other decreased).