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inverse
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adjective
(= reverse)
reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
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adjective
opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
a term is in inverse proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other decreases (or increases)
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noun
something inverted in sequence or character or effect
when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
a
Determinative
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A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type.
Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".
a
Noun
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A is the first letter of the alphabet.
The letter "a" comes before "b".
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In some schools, an A is a very high grade.
Ron got an A on his earth science test.
mapping
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noun
(genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome
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noun
(= function)
(mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)