| (a.) | Recurring in vicissitude; alternate. | |
| (a.) | Done by each to the other; interchanging or interchanged; given and received; due from each to each; mutual; as, reciprocal love; reciprocal duties. | |
| (a.) | Mutually interchangeable. | |
| (a.) | Reflexive; -- applied to pronouns and verbs, but sometimes limited to such pronouns as express mutual action. | |
| (a.) | Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities. See the Phrases below. | |
| (n.) | That which is reciprocal to another thing. | |
| (n.) | The quotient arising from dividing unity by any quantity; thus, / is the reciprocal of 4; 1/(a +b) is the reciprocal of a + b. The reciprocal of a fraction is the fraction inverted, or the denominator divided by the numerator. |
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