reciprocal /ɹɪˈsɪpɹək(ə)l/adjective 4noun 2forms 1 adjective4 •Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way.Let our reciprocall vowes be remembred. — 1603 •Mutually interchangeable.These two rules will render a definition reciprocal with the thing defined. — 1725 •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. noun2 •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. •A construction expressing mutual action. formsreciprocals
