reciprocal
倒数
definition
noun
Let's work out our problem using the reciprocal of the numerator fraction.
a mathematical expression or function so related to another that their product is one; the quantity obtained by dividing the number one by a given quantity.
In English, we often omit the ‘each other’, but in Italian, when the action is shared among two or more people and re-directed amongst them, then the reciprocal should be used.
a pronoun or verb expressing mutual action or relationship, e.g., each other , fight.
adjective
she was hoping for some reciprocal comment or gesture
given, felt, or done in return.
the treaty is a bilateral commitment with reciprocal rights and duties
(of an agreement or obligation) bearing on or binding each of two parties equally.
translation of 'reciprocal'
noun
倒数
adjective
倒数,
有来有往,
交,
彼此相反的,
互惠,
相互,
倒易
example
There were calls among Unionists and Nationalists for the Loyalist groups to follow suit, but Ervine said they did not feel under pressure to make a 'reciprocal' gesture.
In other words, States tend to react to the breach of 'reciprocal' obligations by other States.
A 'reciprocal' visit from the English side is planned for later in the summer.
Their relationship presents the promise and the possibility of 'reciprocal' exchange and learning.
Bertie Ahern and Brian Cowen were quick to welcome the remarks as very helpful and signalled their intention to try and get Sinn Fein and the IRA to make some 'reciprocal' gesture of good faith.
In the years following Trivers' initial paper many biologists thought that 'reciprocal' altruism was widespread in the animal kingdom.
Australia and New Zealand have a 'reciprocal' agreement on employment, allowing their citizens to work in either country.
He said that, in recent years, co-operation has greatly expanded and diversified, with bilateral trade surging and a noteworthy increase in 'reciprocal' investment.
Exceptions were made where there were 'reciprocal' agreements with other countries.
It says too little about responsibilities, even though rights and responsibilities are 'reciprocal' .
Each trigonometric function has a 'reciprocal' function.
The close links between Waterford and Newfoundland are well documented and indeed only a few months ago a group from Newfoundland toured the Waterford and South East area with a 'reciprocal' visit planned next year.
For the latter Professor Aitken would ask for members of the class to give him numbers for which he would then write down the 'reciprocal' , the square root, the cube root or other appropriate expression.
The plan came unstuck when the Department of Health said medical charges could not be waived as Britain did not have a 'reciprocal' agreement with the west African country to treat its residents.
The movement towards free trade spread across Europe in a series of 'reciprocal' trade agreements beginning with the Cobden Chevalier Treaty of 1860 between Britain and France.
Does he agree that people who receive a benefit have a 'reciprocal' responsibility to minimise their reliance on the State; if not, why not?
But you will only qualify for any pension increases after you retire if you go to live in a country with which we have a 'reciprocal' agreement.
The 'reciprocal' function is its own inverse, which might seem to pose a problem in using Newton's method.
Well, since the denominator becomes 1 using our method, you wind up with just the numerator multiplied by the 'reciprocal' of the denominator.
This is because many clubs have 'reciprocal' agreements with other clubs: You let me play your course and I'll let you play mine.
We want to enjoy a 'reciprocal' co-operation when we need to call on players to face France.
They are most disappointed as 'reciprocal' support from the menfolk is very sparse indeed.
The main banks have 'reciprocal' agreements that allow each other's customers to use cash machines free of charge.
While our data supports the traditional view of each other as the primary and most common 'reciprocal' construction in English, we find a greater degree of variation in construction types than this traditional view might suggest.
We know that in 2000 a 'reciprocal' agreement was signed between Australia and New Zealand, and we all support that.
Turkey and the UK have signed a 'reciprocal' agreement allowing citizens of one country to buy property in the other.
It is a 'reciprocal' agreement that allows for an information flow between the two organizations on a range of safety-related issues.
Within these relationships and activities, we find our desires transformed: made deeper and more 'reciprocal' .
Finally, Russian contains a set of 'reciprocal' pronouns corresponding to English ‘each other’.
As this description points out, Rubin suggests that in a hunter-gatherer tribe, goods are exchanged mostly through sharing and 'reciprocal' altruism.
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