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reciprocal
adj
- 1a. Giving and receiving, or given and received; mutual;
- Thesaurus: mutual, shared.
- Thesaurus: corresponding, equivalent, complementary, interchangeable, convertible, interdependent, correlative.
- Said of a pronoun: expressing a relationship between two people or things, or mutual action, eg one another in John and Mary love one another.
- 1. Something that is reciprocal.
2. math.
- The value obtained when 1 is divided by the number concerned, eg the reciprocal of 4 is ¼.
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