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Adjective reciprocal has 3 senses
- reciprocal, mutual - 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"
Antonyms: nonreciprocal, nonreciprocating, unanswered, unreciprocated, unrequited
- complementary, interchangeable, reciprocal - of or relating to or suggestive of complementation; "interchangeable electric outlets"
Antonym: nonreciprocal (indirect, via reciprocal)
- reciprocal - of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function; "the reciprocal ratio of a:b is b:a"
Antonym: direct (indirect, via inverse)
Noun reciprocal has 3 senses
- reciprocal - something (a term or expression or concept) that has a reciprocal relation to something else; "risk is the reciprocal of safety"
--1 is a kind of reciprocality, reciprocity
- multiplicative inverse, reciprocal - (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
--2 is a kind of inverse, opposite
- reciprocal cross, reciprocal - hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype
--3 is a kind of hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing
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