reciprocal

a mathematical expression or function so related to another that their product is one; the quantity obtained by dividing the number one by a given quantity.

 

a pronoun or verb expressing mutual action or relationship, e.g., each other , fight.

 

given, felt, or done in return.

 

(of an agreement or obligation) bearing on or binding each of two parties equally.

 

(of a course or bearing) differing from a given course or bearing by 180 degrees.

 

(of a quantity or function) related to another so that their product is one.

We know that in 2000 a reciprocal agreement was signed between Australia and New Zealand, and we all support that.

Let's work out our problem using the reciprocal of the numerator fraction.

Britons have resented, sometimes bitterly, that the US administration does not appear interested in reciprocal support for Britain's agenda in international affairs.

Exceptions were made where there were reciprocal agreements with other countries.

A reciprocal visit from the English side is planned for later in the summer.

The reciprocal function is its own inverse, which might seem to pose a problem in using Newton's method.

The code above finds the reciprocal value of the contents of an integer variable.

As this description points out, Rubin suggests that in a hunter-gatherer tribe, goods are exchanged mostly through sharing and reciprocal altruism.

In other words, States tend to react to the breach of reciprocal obligations by other States.

We just need to be sure that those reciprocal agreements provide our personnel with absolute guarantees.

In an ideal relationship of trust, self-revelation should be reciprocal .

We still have their reciprocal tables going up to the reciprocals of numbers up to several billion.

Turkey and the UK have signed a reciprocal agreement allowing citizens of one country to buy property in the other.

The result of the visit was an agreement on reciprocal protection and promotion of investment.

It says too little about responsibilities, even though rights and responsibilities are reciprocal .

However, by corollary, the husband had a reciprocal duty to provide a home for the wife to live in with him, so long as she did not commit a matrimonial offence (such as adultery).

Agreements on trade, economic, industrial and technical cooperation, on avoiding double taxation, reciprocal protection and promotion of investment were signed in 1994.

We hope it will go over there and raise their interest and they will do something reciprocal .

While our data supports the traditional view of each other as the primary and most common reciprocal construction in English, we find a greater degree of variation in construction types than this traditional view might suggest.

Does he agree that people who receive a benefit have a reciprocal responsibility to minimise their reliance on the State; if not, why not?

However, in peer relations, social interaction likewise needs to be reciprocal to allow cognitive elaboration.

And he hopes that the surprise move to open up UK media franchises to American companies means that the UK government is close to getting a reciprocal agreement from the US.

Finally, Russian contains a set of reciprocal pronouns corresponding to English ‘each other’.

He said that, in recent years, co-operation has greatly expanded and diversified, with bilateral trade surging and a noteworthy increase in reciprocal investment.

Australia and New Zealand have a reciprocal agreement on employment, allowing their citizens to work in either country.

It taught me the pleasures of taking people's money but without the reciprocal pleasure of providing them with some enjoyment in return.

They are most disappointed as reciprocal support from the menfolk is very sparse indeed.

But you will only qualify for any pension increases after you retire if you go to live in a country with which we have a reciprocal agreement.

The close links between Waterford and Newfoundland are well documented and indeed only a few months ago a group from Newfoundland toured the Waterford and South East area with a reciprocal visit planned next year.

The plan came unstuck when the Department of Health said medical charges could not be waived as Britain did not have a reciprocal agreement with the west African country to treat its residents.