Literary notes about Inverse (AI summary)
The term "inverse" appears with remarkable versatility in literature, serving to illustrate both literal and metaphorical reversals. In some texts, it indicates a physical or sequential reordering, such as divisions encountered in reverse order [1] or events unfolding in the inverse order of their presentation [2]. Meanwhile, the word also characterizes relationships where one quality diminishes as another intensifies, as seen when a man’s skill with women is described as inversely related to his prowess among men [3] or when the impact of historical phenomena is weighed against their actual development [4]. In scientific and mathematical discourse, authors invoke "inverse" to denote relationships such as inverse proportions [5], inverse ratios [6], and even the inverse square law [7], thereby reinforcing its capacity to bridge empirical observation with abstract reflection.
- After that central division, the same divisions, as in the first part are met in inverse order (see Plate XXXIX ).
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific by Bronislaw Malinowski - Now you clearly see the sequence of events, though you see them, of course, in the inverse order to the way in which they presented themselves to me.
— from The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - I verily believe that a man's way with women is in inverse ratio to his prowess among men.
— from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs - The significance of Critical-Utopian Socialism and Communism bears an inverse relation to historical development.
— from The Communist Manifesto by Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx - Its pretensions were in inverse proportion to its efficiency.
— from Cliff Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould - ⅘ of 12, inverse = 5 ⁄ 4 × 12 = 15's counts.
— from Hosiery Manufacture by Davis, William, M.A. - Or, once more, the speed of each planet in its orbit is as the inverse square-root of its distance from the sun.
— from Pioneers of Science by Lodge, Oliver, Sir
