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adjective
1.
given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
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given, performed, felt, etc., in return: reciprocal aid.
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corresponding; matching; complementary; equivalent: reciprocal privileges at other health clubs.
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Grammar. (of a pronoun or verb) expressing mutual relationship or action: “Each other” and “one another” are reciprocal pronouns.
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EXPANDinversely related or proportional; opposite.
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Mathematics. noting expressions, relations, etc., involving reciprocals: a reciprocal function.
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COLLAPSENavigation. bearing in a direction 180° to a given direction; back.
noun
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something that is reciprocal to something else; equivalent; counterpart; complement.
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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.
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Word Origin & History
reciprocal
1560s, 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).
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Medical Dictionary
reciprocal re·cip·ro·cal (rĭ-sĭp'rə-kəl)
adj.
Of or relating to a neuromuscular phenomenon in which the excitation of one group of muscles is accompanied by the inhibition of another.
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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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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Cultural Dictionary
reciprocal definition
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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