reciprocal
reciprocal is a 10-letter English word with 12 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Recurring in vicissitude; alternate. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Recurring in vicissitude; alternate.
- adjective. Done by each to the other; interchanging or interchanged; given and received; due from each to each; mutual; as, reciprocal love; reciprocal duties.
- adjective. Mutually interchangeable.
- adjective. Reflexive; -- applied to pronouns and verbs, but sometimes limited to such pronouns as express mutual action.
- adjective. Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities. See the Phrases below.
- noun. That which is reciprocal to another thing.
- noun. 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.
- noun. hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype
- noun. (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
- noun. something (a term or expression or concept) that has a reciprocal relation to something else
"risk is the reciprocal of safety"
- adjective. of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function
"the reciprocal ratio of a:b is b:a"
- adjective. concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return
"reciprocal aid"
"reciprocal trade"
Synonyms
Common word forms
reciprocals, reciprocally, reciprocality, reciprocalize, reciprocalness
Words from these letters
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