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Reciprocal

/ɹɪˈsɪpɹək(ə)l/

The number obtained by dividing 1 by another given number; the result of exchanging the numerator and the denominator of a fraction.

📖 Definitions of "Reciprocal"

noun

1
The number obtained by dividing 1 by another given number; the result of exchanging the numerator and the denominator of a fraction.
"0.5 is the reciprocal of 2."
2
(grammar) A construction expressing mutual action.

adjective

1
Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way.
"reciprocal love; reciprocal duties"
2
Mutually interchangeable.
3
(grammar) expressing mutual action, applied to pronouns and verbs; also in a broad sense: reflexive
4
Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities.

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