Word: Reciprocal
How to pronounce: rɪˈsɪprəkəl
Adjective
Definitions:
1. Given, felt, or done in return.
Example sentences: "She was hoping for some reciprocal comment or gesture"
2. (of an agreement or obligation) bearing on or binding each of two parties equally.
Example sentences: "The treaty is a bilateral commitment with reciprocal rights and duties"
3. (of a course or bearing) differing from a given course or bearing by 180 degrees.
Example sentences: "He took up a reciprocal heading and dropped down to 2,000 ft"
4. (of a quantity or function) related to another so that their product is one.
Example sentences: "We still have their reciprocal tables going up to the reciprocals of numbers up to several billion."
Noun
Definitions:
1. A mathematical expression or function so related to another that their product is one; the quantity obtained by dividing the number one by a given quantity.
Example sentences: "The compressibility is the reciprocal of the bulk modulus"
2. A pronoun or verb expressing mutual action or relationship, e.g. each other, fight.
Example sentences: "In English, we often omit the ‘each other’, but in Italian, when the action is shared among two or more people and re-directed amongst them, then the reciprocal should be used."
Synonyms:
mutual
retaliatory
bilateral
mutually advantageous
opposite
mutually
mutuality
cross
inverse
contrary
Derivations:
reciprocity
reciprocation
reciprocate
reciprocated
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Reciprocal in Other Languages...
Spanish:
German: Gegenseitig
French: Réciproque
Italian: Reciproco
Turkish: Karşılıklı
