What is "reciprocal" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does reciprocal mean in English? Meaning of reciprocal definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "reciprocal" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "reciprocal": something (a term or expression or concept) that has a reciprocal relation to something else

Noun

  • Meaning: something (a term or expression or concept) that has a reciprocal relation to something else
  • Example: risk is the reciprocal of safety
  • Synonyms: reciprocal
  • Hypernyms: reciprocality reciprocity
  • Meaning of "reciprocal": concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return

    Adjective

  • Meaning: concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return
  • Example: reciprocal aid reciprocal trade mutual respect reciprocal privileges at other clubs
  • Synonyms: mutual reciprocal
  • Antonyms: nonreciprocal
  • Similar: bilateral correlative interactional interactive reciprocative reciprocatory trilateral
  • Meaning of "reciprocal": (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

    Noun

  • Meaning: (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
  • Synonyms: multiplicative inverse reciprocal
  • Hypernyms: inverse opposite
  • Meaning of "reciprocal": of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function

    Adjective

  • Meaning: of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function
  • Example: the reciprocal ratio of a:b is b:a
  • Synonyms: reciprocal
  • Similar: inverse
  • Meaning of "reciprocal": hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype

    Noun

  • Meaning: hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype
  • Synonyms: reciprocal reciprocal cross
  • Hypernyms: cross crossbreeding crossing hybridisation hybridization hybridizing interbreeding
  • Adjective: Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way. reciprocal love; reciprocal duties Shakespeare Let our reciprocal vows be remembered.Shakespeare Let our reciprocal vows be remembered.Mutually interchangeable. I. Watts These two rules will render a definition reciprocal with the thing defined.I. Watts These two rules will render a definition reciprocal with the thing defined.(grammar) Reflexive; applied to pronouns and verbs, but sometimes limited to pronouns that express mutual action.(mathematics) Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities.contrary or opposite
  • Synonyms:

    mutual, complementary, dependent, double, equivalent, give-and-take, twin, fellow, duplicate, correlative, coordinate, convertible, companion, changeable, corresponding, exchangeable, interchangeable, matching, reciprocative, interdependent, reciprocatory,

    Antonyms:

    dissimilar, unlike, independent, different, unequal, singular,

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    reciprocal in English: reciprocal
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