Definition of Invertible

1. Adjective. Having an additive or multiplicative inverse.

Antonyms: Non-invertible

Definition of Invertible

1. a. Capable of being inverted or turned.

2. a. Incapable of being turned or changed.

Definition of Invertible

1. Adjective. (mathematics) Which has an inverse. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Invertible

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Invertible

1. 1. Capable of being inverted or turned. 2. Capable of being changed or converted; as, invertible sugar. Origin: From Invert. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Invertible

inverted pentacle
inverted pentacles
inverted pleat
inverted question mark
inverted question marks
inverted radial reflex
inverted reflex
inverted repeat
inverted snobbery
inverted sugar
invertedly
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inverters
invertibility
invertible (current term)
invertible matrices
invertible matrix
invertin
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invest
investable
invested
invested with

Literary usage of Invertible

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Music and Musicians by Albert Lavignac (1903)
"In the various invertible counterpoints that we have described, ... To obtain counterpoint invertible in other intervals, a fictitious inversion is ..."

2. A Manual of Counterpoint, Forming a Sequel to Prof. Oscar Paul's Manual of by Theodore Baker (1887)
"invertible Counterpoint of the Octave. This subdivision of the science of ... 'The term "invertible Counterpoint" is much less vague and indefinite than ..."

3. Distributions with Fixed Marginals and Related Topics by Ludger Rüschendorf, Berthold Schweizer, Michael Dee Taylor (1996)
"We say a copula A is left (right) invertible if there is a copula В such that B*A = M(A*B = M), and we say an operator Т is left (right) invertible if there ..."

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