reciprocal

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Adjective

reciprocal (not comparable)

1. Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way.
2. Something that is contrary or opposite.

Synonyms

• mutual, two-way
• contrary, opposite, converse, inverse, inverted, cross
• See also Wikisaurus:contrary

Related terms

• reciprocity

Translations

done by each of two people towards the other

Catalan: recíproc (ca), mutu (ca) Danish: reciprok (da) Finnish: vastavuoroinen (fi) French: réciproque (fr) m. and f. German: gegenseitig (de) Greek: αμοιβαίος (el)

Lithuanian: savitarpinis (lt) Polish: wzajemne (pl) Portuguese: recíproco (pt) m., recíproca (pt) f. Romanian: reciproc (ro) m. and n., reciprocă (ro) f. Russian: обоюдный (ru), взаимный (ru) Spanish: mutuo (es)

in the contrary or opposite way

Catalan: al revés (ca), a l'inrevés (ca) Finnish: päinvastainen (fi) German: entgegengesetzt (de), umgekehrt (de)

Polish: odwrotne (pl) Russian: обратный (ru) Spanish: al revés (es)

Noun

reciprocal (plural reciprocals)

1. (arithmetic) 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.

   0.5 is the reciprocal of 2.

Synonyms

• (in arithmetic): multiplicative inverse

Translations

in mathematics

Chinese: Mandarin: 倒数 (zh) Finnish: käänteisluku (fi) French: inverse (fr) f. German: Kehrwert (de) m.

Icelandic: umhverfa (is) f., margföldunarumhverfa (is) f., margföldunarandhverfa (is) f. Japanese: 逆数 (ja) (gyakusū) Polish: odwrotność (pl) f. Portuguese: recíproca (pt) f. Russian: обратная величина (ru) f.