reciprocal
IPA: rɪsˈɪprʌkʌɫ
noun
- (arithmetic) The number obtained by dividing 1 by another given number; the result of exchanging the numerator and the denominator of a fraction.
- (grammar) A construction expressing mutual action.
adjective
- Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way.
- Mutually interchangeable.
- (grammar) Expressing mutual action, applied to pronouns and verbs; also in a broad sense: reflexive.
- (mathematics) Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities.
- Done, given, felt, or owed in return.
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Examples of "reciprocal" in Sentences
- It is the reciprocal of the service time.
- It is the reciprocal of the e folding time.
- The affinity is the reciprocal dissociation constant.
- This form is the reciprocal of the Richardson number.
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