Reciprocal

/ɹɪˈsɪpɹək(ə)l/ · adjective

Meaning

Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way..

Definitions by Sense

1. Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way.
2. Mutually interchangeable.
3. (grammar) Expressing mutual action, applied to pronouns and verbs; also in a broad sense: reflexive.
4. (mathematics) Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities.
5. Done, given, felt, or owed in return.
6. (arithmetic) The number obtained by dividing 1 by another given number; the result of exchanging the numerator and the denominator of a fraction.
7. (grammar) A construction expressing mutual action.

Example Sentences

reciprocal love

reciprocal duties

Let our reciprocall vowes be remembred.

These two rules will render a definition reciprocal with the thing defined.

a reciprocal invitation to lunch

0.5 is the reciprocal of 2.

Depending on where reciprocalization applies (syntax vs. lexicon), the relevant reciprocal verbs are claimed to exhibit specific properties, in particular: (i) syntactic reciprocals are fully productive whereas lexical reciprocals have only limited productivity; […]

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• reciprocals

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