reciprocal
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- adjective
- /rɪˈsɪprəkl/
- Specialized
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recíproco
- And the normal line will be through the same point but with the negative reciprocal of the slope of the tangent line.
- reciprocal lattice
- reciprocal lattice vector
Examples
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Relational cultural theory emphasizes mutual relations in which empathy flows out of a reciprocal interchange between the worker and the client.
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And it's not that just means you're using the reciprocal of that base.
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So this now looks we can we can notice that this looks exactly like our reciprocal rule formula.
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What that also means is cosecant is the reciprocal of sine.
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Very useful to know that if you flip these, if you look at the reciprocal of these functions you get in this case the cosecant function.
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This is just intro calculus again, but but it's useful to point out DXDY is the reciprocal of DYDX.
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In mathematics, the reciprocal of 4 is 0.25, since 4 multiplied by 0.25 equals 1.
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To find the reciprocal of a fraction, you simply invert it; for example, the reciprocal of 3/5 is 5/3.
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When calculating the reciprocal of a function, you determine the function's inverse that will yield 1 when multiplied together.
Synonyms
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A number that you multiply by a given number to get 1
Compounds
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When two elements combine with the same mass of a third, they combine with each other in a simple ratio
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Breed two organisms both ways, switching parents' genes to see if a trait depends on parent sex
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A therapy method using one response to stop another that cannot occur together, for example using relaxation to reduce anxiety
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A unit that measures how easily electricity flows, equal to a siemens
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A treatment that teaches people to relax to reduce anxiety in scary situations
Surface Forms
Morphology
reciprocal = reciprocate + reciprocity (opaque) = reciproc + al
Formally the adjective is the combining stem plus -al (similar to the non-mathematical sense), but the stem is not a standalone English morpheme.
Etymology
Reciprocal comes from the Latin reciprocus, meaning 'returning', and in math it keeps the idea of 'giving back' — a reciprocal number is the one that 'returns' you to one when you multiply them. So the reciprocal of a number is the number you multiply by to get 1.