5syllables
reciprocal
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Definitions ofreciprocal
1noun
- The number obtained by dividing 1 by another given number; the result of exchanging the numerator and the denominator of a fraction.
Example: "0.5 is the reciprocal of 2."
- (grammar) A construction expressing mutual action.
1adjective
- Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way.
Example: "reciprocal love; reciprocal duties"
- Mutually interchangeable.
- (grammar) expressing mutual action, applied to pronouns and verbs; also in a broad sense: reflexive
- Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities.
- Done, given, felt, or owed in return
Example: "a reciprocal invitation to lunch"
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