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â¢ ADDITIVE INVERSE (noun) The noun ADDITIVE INVERSE has 1 sense: 1. (mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose sum is zero; the additive inverse of -5 is +5. Familiarity information: ADDITIVE INVERSE used as a noun is very rare. Dictionary entry details. â¢ ADDITIVE INVERSE (noun)
The inverse of an operation undoes the operation: division undoes multiplication. A number's additive inverse is another number that you can add to the original number to get the additive identity. For example, the additive inverse of 67 is -67, because 67 + -67 = 0, the additive identity.