Reciprocal(a.) Recurring in vicissitude; alternate.
Reciprocal(a.) Done by each to the other; interchanging or interchanged; given and received; due from each to each; mutual; as, reciprocal love; reciprocal duties.
Reciprocal(a.) Mutually interchangeable.
Reciprocal(a.) Reflexive; -- applied to pronouns and verbs, but sometimes limited to such pronouns as express mutual action.
Reciprocal(a.) Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities. See the Phrases below.
Reciprocal(n.) That which is reciprocal to another thing.
Reciprocal(n.) The quotient arising from dividing unity by any quantity; thus, / is the reciprocal of 4; 1/(a +b) is the reciprocal of a + b. The reciprocal of a fraction is the fraction inverted, or the denominator divided by the numerator.
Reciprocality(n.) The quality or condition of being reciprocal; reciprocalness.
Reciprocally(adv.) In a reciprocal manner; so that each affects the other, and is equally affected by it; interchangeably; mutually.
Reciprocally(adv.) In the manner of reciprocals.
Reciprocalness(n.) The quality or condition of being reciprocal; mutual return; alternateness.
Reciprocate(v. i.) To move forward and backward alternately; to recur in vicissitude; to act interchangeably; to alternate.
Reciprocate(v. t.) To give and return mutually; to make return for; to give in return; to interchange; to alternate; as, to reciprocate favors.
Reciprocated(imp. & p. p.) of Reciprocate
Reciprocating(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reciprocate
Reciprocation(n.) The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning; as, the reciprocation of kindnesses.
Reciprocation(n.) Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides.
Reciprocity(n.) Mutual action and reaction.
Reciprocity(n.) Reciprocal advantages, obligations, or rights; reciprocation.
Reciprocous(a.) Reciprocal.
Words within reciprocation