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    3. 逆算

    逆算

    逆ぎゃく算さん

    counting backwards

    KMT9News #34+1Science & MathKanji Vocab23 strokes

    ぎゃくさん

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    counting backwards, calculating backwards

    Noun

    2.
    inverse operation
    mathematics

    Stroke 0 / 23

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    締しめ切きりから逆ぎゃく算さんして計けい画かくを立たてた。

    I made a plan by calculating backwards from the deadline.

    KMT7Work & CareerDaily Life
    プロジェクトの完かん了りょう日びから逆ぎゃく算さんして、各かくタスクの開かい始し日びを決けっ定ていした。

    We determined the start date for each task by calculating backwards from the project completion date.

    KMT9Work & Career
    宇う宙ちゅう探たん査さ機きの軌き道どう計けい算さんには、地ち球きゅうへの帰き還かんを逆ぎゃく算さんする技ぎ術じゅつが不ふ可か欠けつだ。

    The technology to calculate backwards for the return to Earth is essential for spacecraft trajectory calculations.

    KMT9Science & MathTechnology
    数すう学がくでは、未み知ちの値あたいを求もとめるために逆ぎゃく算さんを用もちいることがある。

    In mathematics, inverse operations are sometimes used to find unknown values.

    KMT9Science & Math
    考こう古こ学がく者しゃは、遺い跡せきの年ねん代だいを特 定 するために様さま々ざまな方ほう法ほうで逆ぎゃく算さんを行おこなう。

    Archaeologists perform various methods of backward calculation to determine the age of ruins.

    KMT9Science & MathHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    逆
    さか・さか.さ・さか.らう…(2)
    inverted・reverse・opposite・wicked
    算
    そろ…(1)
    calculate・divining・number・abacus・probability
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