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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Reciprocally  \Re*cip"ro*cal*ly\,  adv 
  1.  In  a  reciprocal  manner;  so  that  each  affects  the  other 
  and  is  equally  affected  by  it  interchangeably;  mutually. 
 
  These  two  particles  to  reciprocally  affect  each 
  other  with  the  same  force.  --Bentley. 
 
  2.  (Math.)  In  the  manner  of  reciprocals. 
 
  {Reciprocally  proportional}  (Arith.  &  Alg.),  proportional,  as 
  two  variable  quantities,  so  that  the  one  shall  have  a 
  constant  ratio  to  the  reciprocal  of  the  other 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  reciprocally 
  adv  1:  (often  followed  by  `for')  in  exchange  or  in  reciprocation; 
  "gave  up  our  seats  on  the  plane  and  in  return  received 
  several  hundred  dollars  and  seats  on  the  next  plane 
  out";  "we  get  many  benefits  in  return  for  our  taxes" 
  [syn:  {in  return}] 
  2:  in  a  mutual  or  shared  manner;  "the  agreement  was  mutually 
  satisfactory";  "the  goals  of  the  negotiators  were  not 
  reciprocally  exclusive"  [syn:  {mutually}] 
  3:  in  an  inverse  or  contrary  manner;  "inversely  related"; 
  "wavelength  and  frequency  are  of  course,  related 
  reciprocally"-  F.A.Geldard  [syn:  {inversely}] 




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