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reciprocal
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reciprocal as in:  reciprocal trade

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  • There is a reciprocal understanding that neither side would speak of the past.
    reciprocal = mutual
  • "That feeling is more than reciprocal, princess," Varenka answered hurriedly.†  (source)
  • reciprocal compliments, which would have been esteemed about equal.†  (source)
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  • In it was the intimacy of contact with a beloved god who in such manner elected to express a reciprocal love.†  (source)
  • Let our reciprocal vows be rememb'red.†  (source)
  • This view of the reciprocal causal independence of mind and matter has no basis except in metaphysical theory.†  (source)
  • He had two selves within him apparently, and they must learn to accommodate each other and bear reciprocal impediments.†  (source)
  • The Attachment must be reciprocal.†  (source)
  • They were unmarried, young, of the same age and of the same tastes, which was enough to account for the reciprocal friendship between them.†  (source)
  • It was highly likely that the serpent of sin that nosed about the chambers of my heart was lashed to hunger by hymns as well as dreams, each reciprocally feeding the other.†  (source)
    reciprocally = in a manner that is shared or interchanged equally
  • The principle of reciprocality seems to require that its obligation on the other States should be reduced to the same standard.†  (source)
    reciprocality = the quality or degree of being shared or interchanged equally
  • The others reciprocally do the same, and raise their knives.†  (source)
    reciprocally = in a manner that is shared or interchanged equally
  • D'Artagnan at the moment of quitting Milady felt only the liveliest regret at the parting; and as they addressed each other in a reciprocally passionate adieu, another interview was arranged for the following week.†  (source)
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reciprocal as in:  reciprocal numbers

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  • The reciprocal ratio of 1:5 is 5:1.
    reciprocal = inversely related
  • To divide by a fraction, multiply by its reciprocal, e.g., multiply by 1/5 instead of dividing by 5.
    reciprocal = number that gives 1 when multiplied
  • Every night for a month I sat in the opera house, in a chair of red velvet, and practiced the most basic operations—how to multiply fractions, how to use a reciprocal, how to add and multiply and divide with decimals—while on the stage, characters recited their lines.  (source)
    reciprocal = inversely related
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  • Reciprocal bearing, transcription error, something like that.  (source)
    Reciprocal = directly opposite
  • Now he was on a reciprocal heading at five knots, about the top speed the Alfa could travel without making much noise.  (source)
    reciprocal = directly opposite (of the original heading)
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