Reciprocity may mean "a mutual exchange of privileges" and is often applied to things such as professional certification (neighboring states may have a reciprocal agreement so that certification a …

A reciprocal action or arrangement involves two people or groups of people who behave in the same way or agree to help each other and give each other advantages.

There are 22 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word reciprocal, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

reciprocal /rɪˈsɪprəkəl/ adj of, relating to, or designating something given by each of two people, countries, etc, to the other; mutual: reciprocal friendship, reciprocal trade

Definition of reciprocal adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. involving two people or groups who agree to help each other or behave in the same way to each other. The two colleges …

Math. the ratio of unity to a given quantity or expression; that by which the given quantity or expression is multiplied to produce unity: The reciprocal of x is 1/ x.

The reciprocal is simply: 1/number. To get the reciprocal of a number, we divide 1 by the number. We can think of a whole number as being...

RECIPROCAL definition: given or felt by each toward the other; mutual. See examples of reciprocal used in a sentence.

Dec 25, 2025 · reciprocal (plural reciprocals) (arithmetic) The number obtained by dividing 1 by another given number; the result of exchanging the numerator and the denominator of a fraction.

RECIPROCAL meaning: used to describe a relationship in which two people or groups agree to do something similar for each other, to allow each other to have the same rights, etc.