RECIPROCAL
Dictionary entry overview: What does reciprocal mean?
• RECIPROCAL (noun)
The noun RECIPROCAL has 3 senses:
1. something (a term or expression or concept) that has a reciprocal relation to something else
2. (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
3. hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype
Familiarity information: RECIPROCAL used as a noun is uncommon.
• RECIPROCAL (adjective)
The adjective RECIPROCAL has 2 senses:
1. concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return
2. of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function
Familiarity information: RECIPROCAL used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RECIPROCAL (noun)
Meaning:
Something (a term or expression or concept) that has a reciprocal relation to something else
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Context example:
risk is the reciprocal of safety
Hypernyms ("reciprocal" is a kind of...):
reciprocality; reciprocity (a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence)
Meaning:
(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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Synonyms:
multiplicative inverse; reciprocal
Hypernyms ("reciprocal" is a kind of...):
inverse; opposite (something inverted in sequence or character or effect)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
Meaning:
Hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
reciprocal cross; reciprocal
Hypernyms ("reciprocal" is a kind of...):
cross; crossbreeding; crossing; hybridisation; hybridization; hybridizing; interbreeding ((genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids)
• RECIPROCAL (adjective)
Meaning:
Concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return
Synonyms:
reciprocal; mutual
Context examples:
reciprocal aid / reciprocal trade / mutual respect / reciprocal privileges at other clubs
Similar:
reciprocating; reciprocatory (moving alternately backward and forward)
interactional; interactive (capable of acting on or influencing each other)
correlative (expressing a reciprocal or complementary relation)
bilateral (affecting or undertaken by two parties)
reciprocative (given or done or owed to each other)
Antonym:
nonreciprocal (not reciprocal)
Meaning:
Of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function
Context example:
the reciprocal ratio of a:b is b:a
Similar:
inverse (opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity)
