Dictionary
in'verse func'tion
Math.
the function that replaces another function when the dependent and independent variables of the first function are interchanged for an appropriate set of values of the dependent variable. In
y = sin
x and
x = arc sin
y, the inverse function of
sin is
arc sine.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.