reciprocal

/ri-ˈsi-prə-kəl/

Latin reciprocus returning the same way, alternating

adjective

  1. inversely related : opposite

  2. of, constituting, or resulting from paired crosses in which the kind that supplies the male parent of the first cross supplies the female parent of the second cross and vice versa

  3. shared, felt, or shown by both sides

noun

  1. something in a reciprocal relationship to another

  2. either of a pair of numbers (such as 2/3 and 3/2 or 9 and 1/9) whose product is one; broadly : multiplicative, inverse

noun

  1. an element of a mathematical set that when multiplied by a given element yields the identity element —called also reciprocal