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• Epanodos; or Inversion

(1):

(a.) Opposite in nature and effect; - said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity; as, multiplication is the inverse operation to division. The symbol of an inverse operation is the symbol of the direct operation with -1 as an index. Thus sin-1 x means the arc whose sine is x.

(2):

(n.) That which is inverse.

(3):

(a.) Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed; inverted; reciprocal; - opposed to direct.

(4):

(a.) Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.