reciprocal

1. a. Recurring in vicissitude; alternate. Source: opted

2. a. Done by each to the other; interchanging or interchanged; given and received; due from each to each; mutual; as, reciprocal love; reciprocal duties. Source: opted

3. a. Mutually interchangeable. Source: opted

4. a. Reflexive; -- applied to pronouns and verbs, but sometimes limited to such pronouns as express mutual action. Source: opted

5. a. Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities. See the Phrases below. Source: opted

6. n. That which is reciprocal to another thing. Source: opted

7. 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. Source: opted

8. adj. concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return Source: wordnet

9. adj. of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function Source: wordnet

10. n. something (a term or expression or concept) that has an inverse relation to something else Source: wordnet

11. 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 Source: wordnet

12. n. hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype Source: wordnet

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