reciprocal
Definitions
General English
- adjective which is done by two people, groups of people or by such things as countries or companies, to each other.
General Science
- adjective referring to an action that each of two does to the other
- adjective referring to a number or quantity related to another in that they give one when multiplied by each other
Accounting
- adjective done by one person, company, or country to another one, which does the same thing in return
Aviation
- noun the exactly opposite direction
Economics
- adjective applying from one country or person or company to another and vice versa
Electronics
- A number or quantity which is related to another in that the product of both is 1. For example, the reciprocal of 5 is 1/5, or the reciprocal of R = 1/R.
Law
- adjective according to an arrangement by which each party involved agrees to benefit the other in the same way
Politics
- adjective involving two countries or people or organisations in an agreement to give equal amounts of help to each other
Origin & History of “reciprocal”
English adapted reciprocal from Latin reciprocus ‘alternating’. this was a compound adjective based ultimately on the elements re- ‘back, backwards’ and prō- ‘for, forwards’.
