"reciprocal" | Definition and Related Words

Adjective

Concerning each of two or more persons or things;
Especially given or done in return (synset 301952167)
"reciprocal aid"; "reciprocal trade"; "mutual respect"; "reciprocal privileges at other clubs"
similar to:
- bilateral - affecting or undertaken by two parties
- trilateral - involving three parties
- correlative - expressing a reciprocal or complementary relation
- interactional, interactive - capable of acting on or influencing each other
- reciprocative, reciprocatory - moving alternately backward and forward
- reciprocative, reciprocatory - given or done or owed to each other
same as: mutual
Of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function (synset 300773320)
"the reciprocal ratio of a:b is b:a"

similar to: inverse - opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity

Noun

Something (a term or expression or concept) that has an inverse relation to something else (synset 113865800)
"risk is the reciprocal of safety"

is a type of: reciprocality, reciprocity - a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence
(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 (synset 113865372)
referred to in: math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement

is a type of: inverse, opposite - something inverted in sequence or character or effect

same as: multiplicative inverse
Hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype (synset 100852776)
is a type of: cross, crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding - (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

same as: reciprocal cross