inverse image

noun

, Mathematics.

1. the point or set of points in the domain of a function corresponding to a given point or set of points in the range of the function.

Example Sentences

“If you can’t do that at your job, and few can, then you can at least dream and read and argue about it on the Internet. Hacker News is the inverse image of many people’s jobs, overlaid on top of each other—an escape valve for frustrated idealists.”

From The New Yorker

“Distinctly apolitical, he confounds those who can’t comprehend a person driven by his all too uncommon values: honor, integrity, humility, service. He is the inverse image of the man he would ultimately come to investigate,” Yates wrote.

From Fox News

“Distinctly apolitical, he confounds those who can’t comprehend a person driven by his all too uncommon values: honor, integrity, humility, service. He is the inverse image of the man he would ultimately come to investigate.”

From Fox News

It’s nearly the inverse image for Democrats, who approve of the job Obama is doing by 88 percent to 11 percent.

From MSNBC

North Dakota is an inverse image of the United States economy and what is happening in small business nationally. 

From Forbes