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multiplicative inverse

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re⋅cip⋅ro⋅cal

  [ri-sip-ruh-kuhl]
–adjective
1. given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
2. given, performed, felt, etc., in return: reciprocal aid.
3. corresponding; matching; complementary; equivalent: reciprocal privileges at other health clubs.
4. Grammar. (of a pronoun or verb) expressing mutual relationship or action: “Each other” and “one another” are reciprocal pronouns.
5. inversely related or proportional; opposite.
6. Mathematics. noting expressions, relations, etc., involving reciprocals: a reciprocal function.
7. Navigation. bearing in a direction 180° to a given direction; back.
–noun
8. something that is reciprocal to something else; equivalent; counterpart; complement.
9. Also called multiplicative inverse. Mathematics. the ratio of unity to a given quantity or expression; that by which the given quantity or expression is multiplied to produce unity: The reciprocal of x is 1/x.
Origin:
1560–70; < L reciproc(us) returning, reciprocal + -al 1

Related forms:
re⋅cip⋅ro⋅cal⋅i⋅ty, re⋅cip⋅ro⋅cal⋅ness, noun
re⋅cip⋅ro⋅cal⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. See mutual.
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in·verse   (ĭn-vûrs', ĭn'vûrs')   
adj.  

  1. Reversed in order, nature, or effect.

  2. Mathematics Of or relating to an inverse or an inverse function.

  3. Archaic Turned upside down; inverted.

n.   (ĭn'vûrs', ĭn-vûrs')

  1. Something that is opposite, as in sequence or character; the reverse.

  2. Mathematics One of a pair of elements in a set whose result under the operation of the set is the identity element, especially:

    1. The reciprocal of a designated quantity. Also called multiplicative inverse.

    2. The negative of a designated quantity. Also called additive inverse.


[Middle English, from Latin inversus, past participle of invertere, to invert; see invert.]
in·verse'ly adv.
multiplicative inverse  
n.  See inverse.
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Cultural Dictionary

reciprocal

The number by which a given number must be multiplied to get a result of one. The reciprocal of one-half, for example, is two.

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Word Origin & History

reciprocal 
1570, from L. reciprocus "returning the same way, alternating," from pre-L. *reco-proco-, from *recus (from re- "back" + -cus, adjective formation) + *procus (from pro- "forward" + -cus, adjective formation). The verb reciprocate "to return, requite" is recorded from 1820.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: re·cip·ro·cal
Pronunciation: ri-'si-pr&-k&l
Function: adjective
1 a : MUTUAL 2 b : BILATERAL reciprocal contract>
2 : characterized by correspondence or equivalence esp. in return or response with another of the same category reciprocal discovery of the names of the State's alibi rebuttal witnesses —Mauricio v. State, 652 North Eastern Reporter, Second Series 869 (1995)>; also : marked by such correspondence or equivalence between its own components reciprocal arrangement>
3 : marked by reciprocity between states —re·cip·ro·cal·ly adverb
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: re·cip·ro·cal
Pronunciation: ri-'sip-r&-k&l
Function: adjective
1 : inversely related
2 : of, constituting, or resulting from paired crosses in which the kind that supplies the male parent of the first cross supplies the female parent of the second cross and vice versa
3 : shared, felt, or shown by both sides
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Medical Dictionary

reciprocal re·cip·ro·cal (rĭ-sĭp'rə-kəl)
adj.

  1. Of or relating to a neuromuscular phenomenon in which the excitation of one group of muscles is accompanied by the inhibition of another.

  2. Of or being a pair of crosses in which the male parent in one cross is of the same genotype or phenotype as the female parent in the other cross.

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Science Dictionary
reciprocal   (rĭ-sĭp'rə-kəl)  Pronunciation Key 
Either of a pair of numbers whose product is 1. For example, the number 3 is the reciprocal of 1/3 .
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