inversely

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Their experiments revealed a consistent pattern: the height at which drainage begins is inversely related to the liquid content of the foam, regardless of the type of surfactant or the size of the bubbles.

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026

Day-to-day moves during the war show a link has returned, moving inversely in 11 out of the past 15 days.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

In the event policymakers signal rate cuts in 2026, that should lift digital asset prices—they tend to move inversely with U.S. monetary policy.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

That means for now, the stocks look set to move inversely to oil prices.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

It was Newton who realized that the pull of any two objects is, to quote Feynman again, "proportional to the mass of each and varies inversely as the square of the distance between them."

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson