reciprocal
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7.5
- noun
- /rɪˈsɪprəkl/
- Specialized
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inverso multiplicativo
- I prefer to always multiply by the reciprocal to eliminate my fraction.
But cosecant is the reciprocal of sign, so reciprocal.
- But cosecant is the reciprocal of sign, so reciprocal.
- By the way, you could instead take the reciprocal of each side here.
Examples
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So we know that secant is the reciprocal of cosine.
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So the slope of our line is the negative reciprocal of the slope of this line.
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By the way, you could instead take the reciprocal of each side here.
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So it's times the reciprocal of that.
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You just take the reciprocal of the ln.
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In fact, the fall in GDP at that point is equal to the reciprocal of the tax rate.
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For every one dollar of taxes raised, GDP should fall by the reciprocal of the average tax rate of 20%.
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And if we take the reciprocal of this, we'll get a nicer answer.
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Conductance is the reciprocal of a resistance.
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To find the value of x in this equation, calculate the reciprocal of 4, which is 1/4.
Synonyms
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7.4
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
The noun shares the same morphological formation as the adjective (combining stem + -al) though the stem itself is not a standalone English word.
Etymology
Reciprocal comes from the Latin reciprocus 'returning' and shares the root with reciprocate; in math it means 'the thing that returns you to one', for example the reciprocal of 5 is one-fifth. So a reciprocal is the number that, when multiplied by the original, gives 1.