INVERSE FUNCTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inverse function mean? 

• INVERSE FUNCTION (noun)
  The noun INVERSE FUNCTION has 1 sense:

1. a function obtained by expressing the dependent variable of one function as the independent variable of another; f and g are inverse functions if f(x)=y and g(y)=x

  Familiarity information: INVERSE FUNCTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INVERSE FUNCTION (noun)

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Meaning:

A function obtained by expressing the dependent variable of one function as the independent variable of another; f and g are inverse functions if f(x)=y and g(y)=x

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("inverse function" is a kind of...):

function; map; mapping; mathematical function; single-valued 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))