1. (mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2; the multiplicative inverse of 7 is 1/7; [syn: multiplicative inverse, reciprocal]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
multiplicative inverse
n 1: (mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1:
the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2; the multiplicative inverse of
7 is 1/7 [syn: multiplicative inverse, reciprocal]