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reciprocal

英 [rɪ'sɪprək(ə)l] 美[rɪ'sɪprəkl]
  • adj. 互惠的;相互的;倒数的,彼此相反的
  • n. [数] 倒数;互相起作用的事物

英英释意


1. something (a term or expression or concept) that has a reciprocal relation to something else;
"risk is the reciprocal of safety"
2. (mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2; the multiplicative inverse of 7 is 1/7
3. hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype