reciprocal
adjective
given or felt by each toward the other; mutual.
reciprocals
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pluralof reciprocal.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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We find the slope–intercept form of the equation, and then see if the slopes are opposite reciprocals.
From Textbooks ● May 6, 2020
We know that perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
The slopes are reciprocals of each other, but they have the same sign.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
The next set of fundamental identities is the set of reciprocal identities, which, as their name implies, relate trigonometric functions that are reciprocals of each other.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 13, 2015
Some modifications of the machine already described will enable it to integrate squares, cubes, or products of functions, or the reciprocals of any of these.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 by Various
