reciprocal
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re·cip·ro·cal
(rĭ-sĭp'rə-kəl) 
adj.
reciprocally re·cip'ro·cal·ly adv.
adj.
- Concerning each of two or more persons or things.
- Interchanged, given, or owed to each other: reciprocal agreements to abolish customs duties; a reciprocal invitation to lunch.
- Performed, experienced, or felt by both sides: reciprocal respect.
- Interchangeable; complementary: reciprocal electric outlets.
- Grammar. Expressing mutual action or relationship. Used of some verbs and compound pronouns.
- Mathematics. Of or relating to the reciprocal of a quantity.
- Physiology. Of or relating to a neuromuscular phenomenon in which the excitation of one group of muscles is accompanied by the inhibition of another.
- Genetics. Of or designating a pair of crosses in which the male or female parent in one cross is of the same genotype or phenotype as the complementary female or male parent in the other cross.
- Something that is reciprocal to something else.
- Mathematics. A number related to another in such a way that when multiplied together their product is 1. For example, the reciprocal of 7 is 1/7; the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2.
[From Latin reciprocus, alternating.]
reciprocality re·cip'ro·cal'i·ty (-kăl'ĭ-tē) or re·cip'ro·cal·ness (-kəl-nĭs) n.reciprocally re·cip'ro·cal·ly adv.
Fowler's Modern English Usage:
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reciprocal
The reciprocal pronouns are each other and one another. See each 3.
| recherché, recess, received pronunciation (RP), received standard | |
| reckon, recognize, recognition, recommend |
Barron's Accounting Dictionary:
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reciprocal
Result derived from the division of 1 by a given quantity.
For example, the reciprocal of 2 is 1 / 2 .
For example, the reciprocal of 2 is 1 / 2 .
| Recession, Receiving Report, Receivables | |
| Reciprocal Allocation Method, Reciprocal Arrangement, Recognition |
Roget's Thesaurus:
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Antonyms by Answers.com:
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reciprocal
adj
Definition: exchanged, alternate
Antonyms: independent, singular
Oxford Dictionary of the US Military:
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reciprocal
adj. 1. (of an agreement or obligation) bearing on or binding each of two parties equally: the treaty is a bilateral commitment with reciprocal rights and duties.
2. (of a course or bearing) differing from a given course or bearing by 180 degrees.
See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.
West's Encyclopedia of American Law:
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Reciprocal
This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.
Bilateral; two-sided; mutual; interchanged.
Reciprocal obligations are duties owed by one individual to another and vice versa. A reciprocal contract is one in which the parties enter into mutual agreements.
Reciprocal laws are statutes of one state that give rights and privileges to the citizens of another state if that state extends similar privileges to the citizens of the first state. A common example is the Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, which is a uniform law adopted in a majority of jurisdictions, by which a tribunal in the state where a wife or mother resides is able to commence proceedings for child support against a husband or father who resides in another state.
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reciprocal
IN BRIEF: Done, given, or felt equally by both sides. Also: Inversely related; opposite.
Real friendship is a slow grower, and never thrives unless engrafted upon a stock of known and reciprocal merit.
— Lord Chesterfield Stanhope (1694-1773)
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Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: Science:
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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.
Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry:
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reciprocal
- expressed in the reverse direction, in response to an initial application of any force or stimulus.
- (in mathematics) the inverse value, obtained when the values of numerator and denominator are reversed; the reciprocal of x is obtained by evaluating 1/x.
| recessive, receptor-mediated endocytosis, receptor-mediated | |
| reciprocal plot, reciprocal translocation, recircularization |
Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
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reciprocal
Mathematically the reciprocal of x is 1/x. See also translocation.
- r. crosses — matings of two phenotypes in which both the male and the female of both phenotypes are crossed, usually to detect sex linkage.
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categories related to 'reciprocal'
- Quantities, Relationships, and Operations - reciprocal: multiplicative inverse; number which when multiplied by its reciprocal is one
- Order, Hierarchy, and Systems - reciprocal: (adj) shared by or affecting both sides equally
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reciprocal
See crossword solutions for the clue Reciprocal.
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Reciprocal (grammar)
For other uses, see Reciprocal (disambiguation).
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A reciprocal is a linguistic structure that marks a particular kind of relationship between two noun phrases. In a reciprocal construction, each of the participants occupies both the role of agent and patient with respect to each other. For example, the English sentence "John and Mary cut each other's hair", contains a reciprocal structure: John cuts Mary's hair, and Mary cuts John's.
Many languages, such as Turkic or Bantu languages, have special reciprocal morphemes in verbs. English does not, and it generally uses "each other" or some other phrase to indicate reciprocity. Latin uses inter and the reflexive pronoun of the subject of the verb: inter se (between themselves) when the verb is third-person. Most Indo-European languages do not have special markers for reciprocity on verbs, and reciprocal constructions are expressed through reflexivity or other mechanisms. For example, Russian marks reciprocity in intransitive verbs with the suffix -ся (self), which has also reflexive and passive interpretations.
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Reciprocal
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - gensidig, reciprok, modsvarende
n. - reciprok værdi
Nederlands (Dutch)
wederkerig, als tegenprestatie, reciproque
Français (French)
adj. - réciproque, mutuel
n. - (Math) inverse, réciproque
Deutsch (German)
adj. - reziprok, gegenseitig
n. - Kehrwert
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αμοιβαίος, ανταποδοτικός, (γραμμ.) αλληλοπαθής, (μαθημ.) αντίστροφος
n. - (μαθημ.) αντίστροφο
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - recíproco
n. - recíproca (f)
Русский (Russian)
взаимный, обоюдный
Español (Spanish)
adj. - recíproco, mutuo
n. - equivalente, contraparte, complemento
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ömsesidig
n. - (mat) reciprokt värde
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
相互的, 交互的, 相互补偿的, 互惠的, 对等的, 回报的, 报答的, 互相作用的事物, 倒数, 对应的事物
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 相互的, 交互的, 相互補償的, 互惠的, 對等的, 回報的, 報答的
n. - 互相作用的事物, 倒數, 對應的事物
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 상호간의, 상반하는
n. - 역수, 반수, reciprocate
v. tr. - 왕복 운동을 시키다, 교환하다, 주고 받다
v. intr. - 보답하다, 갚다, 대응하다
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 相互の, お返しの, 報復の, 逆の
n. - 逆数
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) متبادل (الاسم) تبادلي
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - הדדי, משותף
n. - מספר הפוך (מתמטיקה)
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