MULTIPLICATIVE INVERSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does multiplicative inverse mean? 

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

1. (mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2; the multiplicative inverse of 7 is 1/7

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MULTIPLICATIVE INVERSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2; the multiplicative inverse of 7 is 1/7

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

multiplicative inverse; reciprocal

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

inverse; opposite (something inverted in sequence or character or effect)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)