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How to pronounce reciprocal in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms reciprocal cross
Type of cross, crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding
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Synonyms mutual
Derivation reciprocality, reciprocity


reciprocal aid.
reciprocal trade.
reciprocal privileges at other clubs.
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Synonyms multiplicative inverse
Type of inverse, opposite
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the reciprocal ratio of a:b is b:a.
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Type of reciprocality, reciprocity


risk is the reciprocal of safety.

Examples of reciprocal

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The reciprocal effect happens when mutations are made that affect bone function.
From the sciencedaily.com
The move is aimed at creating reciprocal rules with Oklahoma's side of the lake.
From the chron.com
Some French pundits wonder whether Sarkozy's admiration for Obama is reciprocal.
From the sacbee.com
Reciprocal TH17 and regulatory T cell differentiation mediated by retinoic acid.
From the nature.com
You are saying population and technology inure reciprocal challenge and benefit.
From the economist.com
The Park Board has entered into many intergovrenmental and reciprocal agreements.
From the dailyherald.com
America doesn't have reciprocal arrangements as a large part of the world does.
From the independent.co.uk
The schemes were mutual and reciprocal, and many had worked well for centuries.
From the economist.com
This sort of reciprocal favor trading is not how policy is supposed to be made.
From the forbes.com
More examples
  • 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"
  • Something (a term or expression or concept) that has a reciprocal relation to something else; "risk is the reciprocal of safety"
  • Multiplicative inverse: (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 cross: hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype
  • (reciprocally) in return: (often followed by `for') in exchange or in reciprocation; "gave up our seats on the plane and in return received several hundred dollars and seats on the next plane out"; "we get many benefits in return for our taxes"
  • (reciprocally) mutually: in a mutual or shared manner; "the agreement was mutually satisfactory"; "the goals of the negotiators were not reciprocally exclusive"
  • (reciprocally) inversely: in an inverse or contrary manner; "inversely related"; "wavelength and frequency are, of course, related reciprocally"- F.A.Geldard
  • A reciprocal is a linguistic structure that marks a particular kind of relationship between two noun phrases. In a reciprocal construction, each of the participants occupies both the role of agent and patient with respect to each other. ...
  • Of a number, the number obtained by dividing 1 by the given number; the result of exchanging the numerator and the denominator of a fraction; Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way; Something that is contrary or opposite