noun
- Something (a term or expression or concept) that has a reciprocal relation to something else.
- usage: "risk is the reciprocal of safety"
- 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.
- synonyms: multiplicative inverse
- Hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype.
- synonyms: reciprocal cross
adjective
- Concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return.
- usage: "reciprocal aid"; "reciprocal trade"; "mutual respect"; "reciprocal privileges at other clubs"
- synonyms: mutual
- Of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function.
- usage: "the reciprocal ratio of a: b is b: a"
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