RECIPROCAL as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype
   Synonym(s)
   • reciprocal cross (what does reciprocal cross mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) reciprocal is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • hybridization (what does hybridization mean?)
   • hybridisation (what does hybridisation mean?)
   • crossbreeding (what does crossbreeding mean?)
   • crossing (what does crossing mean?)
   • cross (what does cross mean?)
   • interbreeding (what does interbreeding mean?)
   • hybridizing (what does hybridizing mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (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
   Synonym(s)
   • multiplicative inverse (what does multiplicative inverse mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) reciprocal is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • inverse (what does inverse mean?)
   • opposite (what does opposite mean?)
3. Meaning
   • something (a term or expression or concept) that has a reciprocal relation to something else
   Usage Example(s)
   • risk is the reciprocal of safety
   Hypernyms(s) reciprocal is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • reciprocality (what does reciprocality mean?)
   • reciprocity (what does reciprocity mean?)

RECIPROCAL as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function
   Usage Example(s)
   • the reciprocal ratio of a:b is b:a
   Similar To
   • inverse (what does inverse mean?)
2. Meaning
   • concerning each of two or more persons or things
   • especially given or done in return
   Synonym(s)
   • mutual (what does mutual mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • reciprocal aid
   • reciprocal trade
   • mutual respect
   • reciprocal privileges at other clubs
   Antonym(s)
   • nonreciprocal (what does nonreciprocal mean?)
   Similar To
   • bilateral (what does bilateral mean?)
   • complementary (what does complementary mean?)
   • interchangeable (what does interchangeable mean?)
   • reciprocal (what does reciprocal mean?)
   • correlative (what does correlative mean?)
   • interactional (what does interactional mean?)
   • interactive (what does interactive mean?)
   • reciprocating (what does reciprocating mean?)
   • reciprocatory (what does reciprocatory mean?)
   • reciprocative (what does reciprocative mean?)
3. Meaning
   • of or relating to or suggestive of complementation
   Synonym(s)
   • complementary (what does complementary mean?)
   • interchangeable (what does interchangeable mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • interchangeable electric outlets
   Similar To
   • reciprocal (what does reciprocal mean?)
   • mutual (what does mutual mean?)