Reciprocal vs. Nonreciprocal — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Reciprocal and Nonreciprocal
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Reciprocal
Done, given, felt, or owed in return
A reciprocal invitation to lunch.
Nonreciprocal
Not reciprocal; not returned in kind.
Reciprocal
Existing, experienced, or done on both sides
Reciprocal agreements between nations.
Reciprocal admiration between friends.
Nonreciprocal
Not reciprocal
Reciprocal
(Grammar) Expressing mutual action or relationship. Used of some verbs and compound pronouns.
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Reciprocal
(Mathematics) Of or relating to the reciprocal of a quantity.
Reciprocal
(Physiology) Of or relating to a neuromuscular phenomenon in which the excitation of one group of muscles is accompanied by the inhibition of another.
Reciprocal
(Genetics) Of 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.
Reciprocal
Something that is reciprocal to something else.
Reciprocal
(Mathematics) A 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 .
Reciprocal
Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way.
Reciprocal love
Reciprocal duties
Reciprocal
Mutually interchangeable.
Reciprocal
(grammar) Expressing mutual action, applied to pronouns and verbs; also in a broad sense: reflexive.
Reciprocal
(math) Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities.
Reciprocal
Done, given, felt, or owed in return
A reciprocal invitation to lunch
Reciprocal
(arithmetic) 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.
Reciprocal
(grammar) A construction expressing mutual action.
Reciprocal
Recurring in vicissitude; alternate.
Reciprocal
Done by each to the other; interchanging or interchanged; given and received; due from each to each; mutual; as, reciprocal love; reciprocal duties.
Let our reciprocal vows be remembered.
Reciprocal
Mutually interchangeable.
These two rules will render a definition reciprocal with the thing defined.
Reciprocal
Reflexive; - applied to pronouns and verbs, but sometimes limited to such pronouns as express mutual action.
Reciprocal
Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities. See the Phrases below.
Reciprocal
That which is reciprocal to another thing.
Corruption is a reciprocal to generation.
Reciprocal
The quotient arising from dividing unity by any quantity; thus ¼ 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.
Reciprocal
Something (a term or expression or concept) that has a reciprocal relation to something else;
Risk is the reciprocal of safety
Reciprocal
(mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2; the multiplicative inverse of 7 is 1/7
Reciprocal
Hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype
Reciprocal
Concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return;
Reciprocal aid
Reciprocal trade
Mutual respect
Reciprocal privileges at other clubs
Reciprocal
Of or relating to or suggestive of complementation;
Interchangeable electric outlets
Reciprocal
Of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function;
The reciprocal ratio of a:b is b:a
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