reciprocal: Meaning and Definition of

re•cip•ro•cal

1. given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
2. given, performed, felt, etc., in return: reciprocal aid.
3. corresponding; matching; complementary; equivalent: reciprocal privileges at other health clubs.
4. (of a pronoun or verb) expressing mutual relationship or action: “Each other” and “one another” are reciprocal pronouns.
5. inversely related or proportional; opposite.
6. noting expressions, relations, etc., involving reciprocals: a reciprocal function.
7. bearing in a direction 180° to a given direction; back.

1. something that is reciprocal to something else; equivalent; counterpart; complement.
2. Also calledthe ratio of unity to a given quantity or expression; that by which the given quantity or expression is multiplied to produce unity:1/x. The reciprocal of x is