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inversely proportional

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English

Syllables
in-verse-ly pro-por-tion-al
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Proportional to the reciprocal of the independent variable.

Frequently Paired Words

directly proportional

Questions

What does inversely proportional mean?
Proportional to the reciprocal of the independent variable.

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