inversely

From inverse +‎ -ly.

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inversely

1. In an inverse order or manner; by inversion.
   • 1906, Henry Watson Fowler and Francis George Fowler, The King's EnglishThe guilt of such peccadilloes as this may be said to vary inversely as the writer's erudition; for in this matter the learned may plead ignorance, where the novice knows too well what he is doing.:
   • 1975, Chartered Institute of Transport: Journal: Volumes 37-38:

     Simplifying of information at inner central area stations is thus aimworthy since the demand for information from staff is inversely proportional to simplicity.

   • 2011, Edgar Thorpe, Showick Thorpe, The Pearson CSAT Manual, →ISBN:

     Because the area occupied by an image is proportional to the square of the focal length of the lens, the light intensity over the image area is directly proportional to the diametre of the lens and inversely proportional to the square of the focal length.

   • 2012, David Ben-Chaim, Ratio and Proportion, page 34:

     For example, according to the gas laws, pressure is directly proportional to temperature: the quotient derived from pressure (numerator) and temperature (denominator) will be constant; however, pressure is inversely proportional to volume, meaning that the product between volume and pressure will be constant.

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• inversely proportional

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “inversely”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “inversely”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.