Reciprocal

[rɪ'sɪprək(ə)l] or [rɪ'sɪprəkl]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) something (a term or expression or concept) that has a reciprocal relation to something else; 'risk is the reciprocal of safety'.

(adj.) of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function; 'the reciprocal ratio of a:b is b:a' .

(adj.) concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return; 'reciprocal aid'; 'reciprocal trade'; 'mutual respect'; 'reciprocal privileges at other clubs' .

伊丽莎白手打--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) Recurring in vicissitude; alternate.

(a.) Done by each to the other; interchanging or interchanged; given and received; due from each to each; mutual; as, reciprocal love; reciprocal duties.

(a.) Mutually interchangeable.

(a.) Reflexive; -- applied to pronouns and verbs, but sometimes limited to such pronouns as express mutual action.

(a.) Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities. See the Phrases below.

(n.) That which is reciprocal to another thing.

(n.) The quotient arising from dividing unity by any quantity; thus, / is the reciprocal of 4; 1/(a +b) is the reciprocal of a + b. The reciprocal of a fraction is the fraction inverted, or the denominator divided by the numerator.

汉密尔顿校對

同義詞及近義詞：

a. [1]. Mutual, correlative.[2]. Interchangeable.

校對:玛克辛

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Alternate, interchanged, mutual, Interchangeable, reflexive

ANT:One-sided, unreciprocated, unreturned

錄入:沃尔特

解釋/意思:

adj. acting in return: mutual: alternating: interchangeable: giving and receiving.—n. that which is reciprocal: (math.) the quotient resulting from the division of unity by any given quantity.—n. Reciprocal′ity the state or quality of being reciprocal: mutual return.—adv. Recip′rocally mutually: interchangeably: inversely.—ns. Recip′rocalness; Recip′rocant (math.) a contravariant expressing a certain condition of tangency: a differential invariant.—adj. Recip′rocantive relating to a reciprocant.—v.t. Recip′rocāte to give and receive mutually: to requite: to interchange: to alternate.—v.i. to move backward and forward: (coll.) to make a return or response.—ns. Recip′rocating-en′gine an engine in which the piston moves forward and backward in a straight line; Reciprocā′tion interchange of acts: alternation.—adj. Recip′rocātive acting reciprocally.—n. Reciproc′ity mutual obligations: action and reaction: equality of commercial privileges.—adjs. Rec′iprock Rec′iproque (Bacon) reciprocal; Recip′rocous (rare) turning back: reciprocal.—Reciprocal proportion is when of four terms taken in order the first has to the second the same ratio which the fourth has to the third; Reciprocal ratio the ratio of the reciprocals of two quantities; Reciprocal terms those that have the same signification and consequently are convertible; Reciprocating motion by this the power is transmitted from one part of a machine to another.

編輯:韦德