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reciprocally |
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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