noninvertibility
|non-in-ver-ti-bil-i-ty|
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/ˌnɑːnɪnˌvɝtəˈbɪlɪti/
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/ˌnɒnɪnˌvɜːtəˈbɪlɪti/
not being invertible
Etymology
'noninvertibility' originates from modern English, formed by the negative prefix 'non-' + the noun 'invertibility' (from Latin roots), where 'invertibility' derives from Latin 'invertibilis' / 'invertere' (from 'in-' + 'vertere'), with 'vertere' meaning 'to turn'.
'invert' entered English via Old French and Latin ('invertere'); it developed into 'invertible' and then the abstract noun 'invertibility'; modern English later combined 'non-' with 'invertibility' to form 'noninvertibility'.
Originally the root related to 'turning' or 'turning into' in Latin; over time the derived English terms came to mean 'able to be inverted', and with the prefix 'non-' the meaning shifted to 'not able to be inverted' (a negated property used especially in mathematics and related fields).
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
the property or condition of being noninvertible; the quality of a function, matrix, or operation that does not have an inverse (cannot be uniquely reversed).
The noninvertibility of the matrix prevented us from finding a unique solution to the system.
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Last updated: 2025/10/20 03:15