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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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