English to English
reciprocal
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adjective (a)
- concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return(adj.all)Example:
Reciprocal aid.
Reciprocal trade.
Reciprocal privileges at other clubs.
source: wordnet30 - Recurring in vicissitude; alternate.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- something (a term or expression or concept) that has a reciprocal relation to something else(noun.linkdef)Example:
Risk is the reciprocal of safety.
source: wordnet30 - (mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2; the multiplicative inverse of 7 is 1/7(noun.linkdef)source: wordnet30
- hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- That which is reciprocal to another thing.(noun)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function(adj.all)Example:
The reciprocal ratio of a:b is b:a.
source: wordnet30
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