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US
/ɹɪˈsɪpɹəkəɫ/
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[ UK /ɹɪsˈɪpɹəkəl/ ]
[ UK /ɹɪsˈɪpɹəkəl/ ]
NOUN
- (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 an inverse relation to something else
risk is the reciprocal of safety - hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype
ADJECTIVE
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concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return
reciprocal privileges at other clubs
reciprocal aid
mutual respect
reciprocal trade -
of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function
the reciprocal ratio of a:b is b:a
How To Use reciprocal In A Sentence
- Hospitals were told to charge patients who were found not to be resident in Britain or from countries with reciprocal arrangements. Times, Sunday Times
- With reciprocal verbs, there are two or more subjects which are acting on each other.
- It also developed a new ideology of team and reciprocal protection of air combat formations, and cruise missile salvos by naval ships.
- But when restraints to which he had long been accustomed and to which he yielded passive obedience were removed, and he was left in a condition of license, all the abeyant passions of his undisciplined nature were brought into prominence and antagonism with an environment where reciprocal obligations have not always found their highest expression. The American Negro: What He Was, What He Is, and What He May Become: A Critical and Practical Discussion
- The cactus is a metaphor for Saul as a person and his reciprocal relationship with Jesse. Breaking Bad Recap: Episode 3 “I.F.T.” is a Slow Burn and a Saucy Acronym | /Film
- The main banks have reciprocal agreements that allow each other's customers to use cash machines free of charge.
- Present-value calculations provide a simple means of quantifying this time value of money by using the reciprocal of the compound interest formula.
- But the reciprocal is true as well: The host language can simultaneously extend Lua.
- Antisera against KLH induced positive CHR but not positive COP. The results of reciprocal inhibition experiment indicated that there is a partial cross antigenicity between KLH and SEA.
- In return for such a privilege we implicitly acknowledge that there are reciprocal obligations incumbent upon us.