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reciprocal

• (a) 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
  mutual,
• (s) of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function
  • the reciprocal ratio of a:b is b:a

Nouns

• (n) something (a term or expression or concept) that has a reciprocal relation to something else
  • risk is the reciprocal of safety
• (n) (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 multiplicative inverse,
• (n) hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype reciprocal cross,

Synonyms

mutual multiplicative inverse reciprocal cross

Antonyms

nonreciprocal

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