"reciprocal" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɹɪˈsɪpɹək(ə)l/ Audio: en-us-reciprocal.ogg [US]
Etymology: Latin reciprocus, possibly from a phrase such as reque proque (“back and forth, to and fro”), from re- (“back”), prō (“forwards”) and -que (“and”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|reciprocus}} Latin reciprocus, {{m|la|reque proque||back and forth, to and fro}} reque proque (“back and forth, to and fro”), {{m|la|re-||back}} re- (“back”), {{m|la|prō||forwards}} prō (“forwards”), {{m|la|-que||and}} -que (“and”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} reciprocal (not comparable)
  1. Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: reciprocating#Adjective
    Sense id: en-reciprocal-en-adj-sdaPGVRJ
  2. Mutually interchangeable. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-reciprocal-en-adj-5J7wR-o1
  3. (grammar) Expressing mutual action, applied to pronouns and verbs; also in a broad sense: reflexive. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (grammar: expressing mutual action, applied to pronouns and verbs): kölcsönös (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-reciprocal-en-adj-V~uUKKwi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 1 10 26 27 21 7 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'grammar: expressing mutual action, applied to pronouns and verbs': 16 1 61 16 7
  4. (mathematics) Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-reciprocal-en-adj-JCkqDR4g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 1 10 26 27 21 7 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  5. Done, given, felt, or owed in return. Tags: not-comparable Translations (done by each of two people towards the other): مُتَبَادَل (mutabādal) (Arabic), узае́мны (uzajémny) (Belarusian), взаи́мен (vzaímen) (Bulgarian), recíproc (Catalan), mutu (Catalan), 相互 (xiānghù) (Chinese Mandarin), 互相 (hùxiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), vzájemný (Czech), reciprok (Danish), reciproka (Esperanto), vastavuoroinen (Finnish), réciproque [feminine, masculine] (French), recíproco [masculine] (Galician), ორმხრივი (ormxrivi) (Georgian), თანაზიარი (tanaziari) (Georgian), ურთიერთზიარი (urtiertziari) (Georgian), gegenseitig (German), reziprok (German), αμοιβαίος (amoivaíos) (Greek), הדדי (hadadi) (Hebrew), आपसी (āpsī) (Hindi), पारस्परिक (pārasparik) (Hindi), kölcsönös (Hungarian), viszonos (Hungarian), mūtuus. reciprocus (Latin), savitarpinis (Lithuanian), взаемен (vzaemen) (Macedonian), whakautuutu (Maori), gjensidig (Norwegian Bokmål), gjensidig (Norwegian Nynorsk), obopólny (Polish), obustronny (Polish), wzajemny (Polish), recíproco (Portuguese), reciproc (Romanian), reciprocă [feminine] (Romanian), взаи́мный (vzaímnyj) (Russian), обою́дный (obojúdnyj) (Russian), узајаман [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), uzajaman [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), vzájomný (Slovak), vzajemen (Slovene), mutuo (Spanish), recíproco (Spanish), ömsesidig (Swedish), çift taraflı (Turkish), karşılıklı (Turkish), взає́мний (vzajémnyj) (Ukrainian), rezipik (Volapük) Translations (done, given, felt, or owed in return): реципро́чен (recipróčen) (Bulgarian), al revés (Catalan), a l'inrevés (Catalan), päinvastainen (Finnish), საპასუხო (saṗasuxo) (Georgian), ნაცვალგების (nacvalgebis) (Georgian), entgegengesetzt (German), umgekehrt (German), viszonzó (Hungarian), viszont- (Hungarian), whakautuutu (Maori), gjensidig (Norwegian Bokmål), gjensidig (Norwegian Nynorsk), odwrotny [masculine] (Polish), invers [masculine] (Romanian), обра́тный (obrátnyj) (Russian), al revés (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-reciprocal-en-adj-tLfZhX0h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 1 10 26 27 21 7 Disambiguation of 'done by each of two people towards the other': 38 1 5 5 51 Disambiguation of 'done, given, felt, or owed in return': 9 1 2 13 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: connected Hyponyms: alternate, interdependent Derived forms: antireciprocal, irreciprocal, prime reciprocal magic square, reciprocal altruism, reciprocal IVF, reciprocal lattice, reciprocal pronoun, reciprocal proportion Related terms: reciprocity
Synonyms: mutual, two-way, contrary, opposite, converse, inverse, inverted, cross, reflexive [grammar, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], commutual [obsolete], correlative, corresponding, interrelated, reciprocal, reciprocative [archaic]

Noun

IPA: /ɹɪˈsɪpɹək(ə)l/ Audio: en-us-reciprocal.ogg [US] Forms: reciprocals [plural]
Etymology: Latin reciprocus, possibly from a phrase such as reque proque (“back and forth, to and fro”), from re- (“back”), prō (“forwards”) and -que (“and”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|reciprocus}} Latin reciprocus, {{m|la|reque proque||back and forth, to and fro}} reque proque (“back and forth, to and fro”), {{m|la|re-||back}} re- (“back”), {{m|la|prō||forwards}} prō (“forwards”), {{m|la|-que||and}} -que (“and”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} reciprocal (plural reciprocals)
  1. (arithmetic) The number obtained by dividing 1 by another given number; the result of exchanging the numerator and the denominator of a fraction. Categories (topical): Arithmetic Synonyms: multiplicative inverse Translations (in mathematics): 倒数 (Chinese Mandarin), převrácená hodnota [feminine] (Czech), omgekeerde [neuter] (Dutch), käänteisluku (Finnish), inverse [feminine] (French), Kehrwert [masculine] (German), הופכי (Hebrew), הָפְכִּי (hofkí) [masculine] (Hebrew), reciprok (Hungarian), umhverfa [feminine] (Icelandic), margföldunarumhverfa [feminine] (Icelandic), margföldunarandhverfa [feminine] (Icelandic), 逆数 (gyakusū) (Japanese), tau huripoki (Maori), tau taupoki (Maori), odwrotność [feminine] (Polish), recíproca [feminine] (Portuguese), invers [common-gender] (Swedish), kabaligtad (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-reciprocal-en-noun-~9PO2mHY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 1 10 26 27 21 7 Topics: arithmetic Disambiguation of 'in mathematics': 59 41
  2. (grammar) A construction expressing mutual action. Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-reciprocal-en-noun-oPLbF8ZA Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "urtiertziari",
          "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
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          "word": "gegenseitig"
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
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          "lang": "Hindi",
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          "word": "viszonos"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "vzaemen",
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          "word": "взаемен"
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
          "word": "gjensidig"
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
          "word": "obopólny"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
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          "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
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        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vzaímnyj",
          "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
          "word": "взаи́мный"
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        {
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obojúdnyj",
          "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
          "word": "обою́дный"
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        {
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "узајаман"
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
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          "word": "uzajaman"
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        {
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      "word": "mutual"
    },
    {
      "word": "two-way"
    },
    {
      "word": "contrary"
    },
    {
      "word": "opposite"
    },
    {
      "word": "converse"
    },
    {
      "word": "inverse"
    },
    {
      "word": "inverted"
    },
    {
      "word": "cross"
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      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "reflexive"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:reciprocal",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "commutual"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:reciprocal",
      "word": "correlative"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:reciprocal",
      "word": "corresponding"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:reciprocal",
      "word": "interrelated"
    },
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      "source": "Thesaurus:reciprocal",
      "word": "reciprocal"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:reciprocal",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "reciprocative"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mutabādal",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "مُتَبَادَل"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "uzajémny",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "узае́мны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vzaímen",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "взаи́мен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "recíproc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "mutu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiānghù",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "相互"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hùxiāng",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "互相"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "vzájemný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "reciprok"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "reciproka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "vastavuoroinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "réciproque"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "recíproco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ormxrivi",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "ორმხრივი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "tanaziari",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "თანაზიარი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "urtiertziari",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "ურთიერთზიარი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "gegenseitig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "reziprok"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "amoivaíos",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "αμοιβαίος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hadadi",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "הדדי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "āpsī",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "आपसी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pārasparik",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "पारस्परिक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "kölcsönös"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "viszonos"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "mūtuus. reciprocus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "savitarpinis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vzaemen",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "взаемен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "whakautuutu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "gjensidig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "gjensidig"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "obopólny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "obustronny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "wzajemny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "recíproco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "reciproc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "reciprocă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vzaímnyj",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "взаи́мный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obojúdnyj",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "обою́дный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "узајаман"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "uzajaman"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "vzájomný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "vzajemen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "mutuo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "recíproco"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "ömsesidig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "çift taraflı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "karşılıklı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vzajémnyj",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "взає́мний"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "done by each of two people towards the other",
      "word": "rezipik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "grammar: expressing mutual action, applied to pronouns and verbs",
      "word": "kölcsönös"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "recipróčen",
      "sense": "done, given, felt, or owed in return",
      "word": "реципро́чен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "done, given, felt, or owed in return",
      "word": "al revés"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "done, given, felt, or owed in return",
      "word": "a l'inrevés"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "done, given, felt, or owed in return",
      "word": "päinvastainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "saṗasuxo",
      "sense": "done, given, felt, or owed in return",
      "word": "საპასუხო"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "nacvalgebis",
      "sense": "done, given, felt, or owed in return",
      "word": "ნაცვალგების"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "done, given, felt, or owed in return",
      "word": "entgegengesetzt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "done, given, felt, or owed in return",
      "word": "umgekehrt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "done, given, felt, or owed in return",
      "word": "viszonzó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "done, given, felt, or owed in return",
      "word": "viszont-"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "done, given, felt, or owed in return",
      "word": "whakautuutu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "done, given, felt, or owed in return",
      "word": "gjensidig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "done, given, felt, or owed in return",
      "word": "gjensidig"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "done, given, felt, or owed in return",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "odwrotny"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "done, given, felt, or owed in return",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "invers"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obrátnyj",
      "sense": "done, given, felt, or owed in return",
      "word": "обра́тный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "done, given, felt, or owed in return",
      "word": "al revés"
    }
  ],
  "word": "reciprocal"
}

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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "in mathematics",
      "word": "倒数"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "in mathematics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "převrácená hodnota"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "in mathematics",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "omgekeerde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in mathematics",
      "word": "käänteisluku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in mathematics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inverse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in mathematics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kehrwert"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "in mathematics",
      "word": "הופכי"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hofkí",
      "sense": "in mathematics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "הָפְכִּי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in mathematics",
      "word": "reciprok"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "in mathematics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "umhverfa"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "in mathematics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "margföldunarumhverfa"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "in mathematics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "margföldunarandhverfa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gyakusū",
      "sense": "in mathematics",
      "word": "逆数"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "in mathematics",
      "word": "tau huripoki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "in mathematics",
      "word": "tau taupoki"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in mathematics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "odwrotność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in mathematics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "recíproca"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in mathematics",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "invers"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "in mathematics",
      "word": "kabaligtad"
    }
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}

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