RECIPROCAL
\ɹɪsˈɪpɹəkə͡l], \ɹɪsˈɪpɹəkəl], \ɹ_ɪ_s_ˈɪ_p_ɹ_ə_k_əl]\
Definitions of RECIPROCAL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype
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(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
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something (a term or expression or concept) that has a reciprocal relation to something else; "risk is the reciprocal of safety"
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of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function; "the reciprocal ratio of a:b is b:a"
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concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return; "reciprocal aid"; "reciprocal trade"; "mutual respect"; "reciprocal privileges at other clubs"
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of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other; "`male' and `female' are complementary terms"
By Princeton University
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Recurring in vicissitude; alternate.
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Done by each to the other; interchanging or interchanged; given and received; due from each to each; mutual; as, reciprocal love; reciprocal duties.
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Mutually interchangeable.
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Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities. See the Phrases below.
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That which is reciprocal to another thing.
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Reflexive; - applied to pronouns and verbs, but sometimes limited to such pronouns as express mutual action.
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The quotient arising from dividing unity by any quantity; thus, is the reciprocal of 4; 1 (a +b) is the reciprocal of a + b. The reciprocal of a fraction is the fraction inverted, or the denominator divided by the numerator.
By Oddity Software
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Recurring in vicissitude; alternate.
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Done by each to the other; interchanging or interchanged; given and received; due from each to each; mutual; as, reciprocal love; reciprocal duties.
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Mutually interchangeable.
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Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities. See the Phrases below.
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That which is reciprocal to another thing.
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Reflexive; - applied to pronouns and verbs, but sometimes limited to such pronouns as express mutual action.
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The quotient arising from dividing unity by any quantity; thus, is the reciprocal of 4; 1 (a +b) is the reciprocal of a + b. The reciprocal of a fraction is the fraction inverted, or the denominator divided by the numerator.
By Noah Webster.
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Mutual; done, given, or offered by each to the other; as, reciprocal benefits; offered in return for something done or given; as, reciprocal conditions; in grammar, showing action upon, or relation of, each to the other; as, reciprocal pronouns (each other, one another).
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That which is given or done by each to the other; the quotient obtained by dividing unity by a number.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Acting in return: mutual: given and received.
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That which is reciprocal: (math.) unity divided by any quantity.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Alternate; mutual; reflexive.
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That which is reciprocal; the quotient that arises from dividing unity by a given number. Reciprocal ratio, the ratio between reciprocals of two quantities. Reciprocal terms, terms that have the same signification, and are mutually convertible.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
