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reciprocal

English

  1. 🔊 of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function
    “the reciprocal ratio of a:b is b:a”
  2. 🔊 concerning each of two or more persons or things
    “reciprocal aid”
  3. 🔊 something (a term or expression or concept) that has an inverse relation to something else
    “risk is the reciprocal of safety”
  4. 🔊 hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype
  5. 🔊 (mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2

Similar words

reciprocal cross multiplicative inverse mutual algorismic algorithmic aliquot ally alter ego alternate analogon analogous analogue answering associate associated back-and-forth beating brother cardinal changeable circling close copy close match coacting