adj
Meaning 1
Capable of being inverted or turned.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
invertible
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adj
Meaning 2
Able to be inverted, having an inverse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: especially, not-comparable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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adj
Meaning 3
Capable of being changed or converted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Examples
- invertible sugar
Meaning relationships
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adjective
Meaning 4
having an additive or multiplicative inverse
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: non-invertible
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English invert Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English invertible From invert + -ible.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: عَكُوْسَة (ʕakuwsa) — (mathematics) which has an inverse
- Chinese Mandarin: 可逆的 (ke ni de) — (mathematics) which has an inverse
- Dutch: inverteerbaar — (mathematics) which has an inverse
- Finnish: kääntyvä — (mathematics) which has an inverse
- French: inversible — (mathematics) which has an inverse
- German: invertierbar — (mathematics) which has an inverse
- Hungarian: invertálható — (mathematics) which has an inverse
- Portuguese: invertível — (mathematics) which has an inverse
- Spanish: invertible — (mathematics) which has an inverse
- Swedish: inverterbar — (mathematics) which has an inverse
Real reading context