reciprocal

Definitions of reciprocal in various dictionaries:

noun - something (a term or expression or concept) that has a reciprocal relation to something else

noun - (mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2

noun - hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype

adj - concerning each of two or more persons or things

adj - of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function

Concerning each of two or more persons or things.

Interchanged, given, or owed to each other: reciprocal agreements to abolish customs duties; a reciprocal invitation to lunch.

Performed, experienced, or felt by both sides: reciprocal respect.

Interchangeable; complementary: reciprocal electric outlets.

Grammar.

Of or relating to the reciprocal of a quantity.

Of or relating to a neuromuscular phenomenon in which the excitation of one group of muscles is accompanied by the inhibition of another.

Of or designating a pair of crosses in which the male parent in one cross is of the same genotype or phenotype as the female parent in the other cross.

Something that is reciprocal to something else.

A number related to another in such a way that when multiplied together their product is 1.