The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inversely \In*verse"ly\, adv. In an inverse order or manner; by inversion; -- opposed to directly.
Inversely proportional. See Directly proportional, under Directly, and Inversion, 4.
Wiktionary
adv. In an inverse order or manner; by inversion.
WordNet
adv. in an inverse or contrary manner; "inversely related"; "wavelength and frequency are, of course, related reciprocally"- F.A.Geldard [syn: reciprocally]
Usage examples of "inversely".
By combining these two ratios, we find that the velocity of the radial stream will be in the ses-plicate ratio of the distances inversely.
In words, these equations state that the gravitational force between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
He had watched Synapo and Sarco drop, but had not distinguished them from the rest of the blackbodies which, a half-hour later, began to fall from the sky like the gentle descent of a black snow that melted to bright raindrops as it neared the surface, raindrops inversely and miraculously suspended above the trees in defiance of gravity.
It was my theory that his obsession with body building was inversely proportional to his obsession with his job.
The acid side of tetrahydrocannabinol, cannabidiols occur inversely to the amount of the plant's THC and is therefore more acceptable to prohibitionists because "it won't get you high.
Within the limits of its efficiency, it completely eliminated g force, placing an accelerating vessel in a permanent state of internal zero-gee, but its capacity to damp inertia was directly proportional to the power of the grav wave around it and inversely proportional to both the volume of the field and the mass of the vessel about which it was generated.
Terror was destructive to the beacon, the effect inversely proportional to the distance of the terrified mind and directly proportional to the degree of emotion.
From this experiment he deduced the theory of gravity -- that all objects in the universe attracted one another with a force directly proportional to their mass and inversely proportional to their separation from one another.
From this experiment he deduced the theory of gravity-that all objects in the universe attracted one another with a force directly proportional to their mass and inversely proportional to their separation from one another.
According to the Law of Contagion any two objects which have ever been in contact with each other have an affinity for each other which is directly proportional to the product of the degree of relevancy of the contact and the length of time they were in contact and inversely proportional to the length of time since they have ceased to be in contact.
What has happened to our perfect gas, with its pressure inversely proportional to volume?
The amount of sunlight a body receives is inversely proportional to the square of its distance from the Sun.
Her usual joke that bust size was inversely proportional to brain size was a defense mechanism.
Nowadays, we would say that the angular velocity of a planet is inversely proportional to its distance from the Sun, but Kepler was raised in the classical tradition that used geometrical arguments for analysis, and he put it differently.