reciprocal

  1. Adjective.  Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way.
  2. Adjective.  Something that is contrary or opposite.
  3. Noun.  (arithmetic) Of a number, the number obtained by dividing 1 by the given number; the result of exchanging the numerator and the denominator of a fraction.

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