reciprocal
adjectiveDone, given, felt, or owed in return.
adjectiveExisting, experienced, or done on both sides.
adjectiveExpressing mutual action or relationship. Used of some verbs and compound pronouns.
adjectiveOf or relating to the reciprocal of a quantity.
adjectiveOf or relating to a neuromuscular phenomenon in which the excitation of one group of muscles is accompanied by the inhibition of another.
adjectiveOf or designating a pair of crosses in which the male or female parent in one cross is of the same genotype or phenotype as the complementary female or male parent in the other cross.
nounSomething that is reciprocal to something else.
nounA number related to another in such a way that when multiplied together their product is 1. For example, the reciprocal of 7 is 1/7 ; the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2 .
Moving backward and forward; alternating; reciprocating.
Mutually exchanged or exchangeable; concerning or given or owed by each (of two or more) with regard to the other or others: as, reciprocal aid; reciprocal rights, duties, or obligations; reciprocal love or admiration.