Reciprocal Definition

rĭ-sĭprə-kəl
adjective
Done, felt, given, etc. in return.
Hoping for a reciprocal favor.
Webster's New World
Present or existing on both sides; each to the other; mutual.
To feel a reciprocal affection.
Webster's New World
Corresponding but reversed or inverted.
Webster's New World
Equivalent or interchangeable; corresponding or complementary.
Webster's New World
Expressing mutual action or relation.
“each other” is traditionally called a reciprocal pronoun.
Webster's New World
noun
Something that is reciprocal to something else.
American Heritage
Anything that has a reciprocal action on or relation to another; complement, counterpart, equivalent, etc.
Webster's New World
The quantity resulting from the division of 1 by the given quantity; quantity which multiplied by the given quantity equals 1 (Ex.: the reciprocal of 7 is17, of17 is 7)
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Other Word Forms of Reciprocal

Noun

Singular:
reciprocal
Plural:
reciprocals

Origin of Reciprocal

  • From Latin reciprocus alternating per1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin reciprocus.

    From Wiktionary

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