(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.
