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inversive — (ˈ)in|vərsiv, ənˈv , rziv adjective Etymology: inversion + ive : marked by inversion inversive error inversive personality … Useful english dictionary
inversive — inversion ► NOUN 1) the action of inverting or the state of being inverted. 2) (also temperature or thermal inversion) a reversal of the normal decrease of air temperature with altitude, or of water temperature with depth. DERIVATIVES inversive… … English terms dictionary
Inversive distance — (usually denoted as δ ) is a way of measuring the distance between two non intersecting circles α and β . If α and β are inverted with respect to a circle centered at one of the limiting points of the pencil of α and β , then α and β will invert… … Wikipedia
Inversive congruential generator — Inversive congruential generators are a type of nonlinear congruential pseudorandom number generator, which use the modular multiplicative inverse (if it exists) to generate the next number in a sequence. The standard formula for an inversive… … Wikipedia
Inversive geometry — Not to be confused with Inversive ring geometry. In geometry, inversive geometry is the study of those properties of figures that are preserved by a generalization of a type of transformation of the Euclidean plane, called inversion. These… … Wikipedia
Inversive plane — An inversive plane is a class of incidence structure in mathematics.It may be axiomatised by taking two classes, points and circles (or blocks ) with the properties * any three points lie on exactly one circle; * if P and Q are points and c a… … Wikipedia
Inversive ring geometry — In mathematics, inversive ring geometry is the extension to the context of associative rings, of the concepts of projective line, homogeneous coordinates, projective transformations, and cross ratio, concepts usually built upon rings that happen… … Wikipedia
inversive — adjective Date: 1875 marked by inversion … New Collegiate Dictionary
inversive — См. inversivo … Пятиязычный словарь лингвистических терминов
inversive — /in verr siv/, adj. noting, pertaining to, or characterized by inversion. [1870 75; INVERS(ION) + IVE] * * * … Universalium
