additive inverse

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   (mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose sum is zero; the additive inverse of -5 is +5

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Questions about additive inverse

What does additive inverse mean?

additive inverse means "(mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose sum is zero; the additive inverse of -5 is +5".

Is additive inverse a common word?

additive inverse is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.