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Reciprocal

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Reciprocal
Reciprocal Re*cip"ro*cal, n. 1. That which is reciprocal to another thing. [1913 Webster]

Corruption is a reciprocal to generation. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

2. (Arith. & Alg.) The quotient arising from dividing unity by any quantity; thus 1/4 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. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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