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Meaning of reciprocal

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  reciprocal
      adj 1: concerning each of two or more persons or things;
             especially given or done in return; "reciprocal aid";
             "reciprocal trade"; "mutual respect"; "reciprocal
             privileges at other clubs" [syn: {reciprocal}, {mutual}]
             [ant: {nonreciprocal}]
      2: of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or
         function; "the reciprocal ratio of a:b is b:a"
      n 1: something (a term or expression or concept) that has a
           reciprocal relation to something else; "risk is the
           reciprocal of safety"
      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 [syn: {multiplicative inverse}, {reciprocal}]
      3: hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the
         sexes associated with each genotype [syn: {reciprocal cross},
         {reciprocal}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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