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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: reciprocal - reckoner</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="reciprocal"> reciprocal, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. in return. Ex. Although I gave him many presents, I had no reciprocal gifts from him. <DD> 2. existing on both sides; mutual. Ex. reciprocal liking, reciprocal distrust. Kindness is generally reciprocal (Samuel Johnson). <DD> 3. inversely proportional; inverse. <DD> 4. (Grammar.) expressing mutual action or relation. In "The two children like each other," each other is a reciprocal pronoun. <DD>noun 1. a number so related to another that when multiplied together they give one. Ex. 3 is the reciprocal of 1/3, and 1/3 is the reciprocal of 3. <DD> 2. a thing that is reciprocal to something else; counterpart. adv. reciprocally. </DL> <A NAME="reciprocality"> reciprocality, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or state of being reciprocal. </DL> <A NAME="reciprocalohm"> reciprocal ohm,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Electricity.) the mho. </DL> <A NAME="reciprocaltrade"> reciprocal trade,<DL COMPACT><DD> an arrangement between countries to reduce or do away with tariffs, duties, or import quotas, in trading with each other; a most-favored-nation trade agreement. </DL> <A NAME="reciprocaltranslocation"> reciprocal translocation,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Genetics.) an interchange of parts between pairs of chromosomes. </DL> <A NAME="reciprocate"> reciprocate, verb, -cated, -cating.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to give, do, feel, or show in return. Ex. She likes me, and I reciprocate her liking. <DD> 2. to cause to move with an alternating backward and forward motion. <DD>v.i. 1. to make return, as for something given; make interchange. <DD> 2. (of mechanical parts) to move with an alternate backward and forward motion. </DL> <A NAME="reciprocatingengine"> reciprocating engine,<DL COMPACT><DD> an engine in which the piston and piston rod move back and forth in a straight line, the reciprocating motion being changed to rotary motion. </DL> <A NAME="reciprocation"> reciprocation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of reciprocating; return. Ex. the reciprocation of a favor received. With a sincere reciprocation of all your kindly feeling (Dickens). <DD> 2. the state of being in a reciprocal or harmonious relation. <DD> 3. the backward and forward motion of mechanical parts. </DL> <A NAME="reciprocative"> reciprocative, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or characterized by reciprocation. </DL> <A NAME="reciprocator"> reciprocator, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that reciprocates. </DL> <A NAME="reciprocatory"> reciprocatory, adjective. =reciprocative.</DL> <A NAME="reciprocitarian"> reciprocitarian, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. of or having to do with reciprocity especially of commercial privileges between two governments. <DD>noun a person who favors reciprocity, especially in trade agreements. </DL> <A NAME="reciprocity"> reciprocity, noun, pl. -ties.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. reciprocal state; mutual action. Ex. We in the Central, at least, are not too proud to welcome a little reciprocity (Wall Street Journal). <DD> 2. a mutual exchange, especially an exchange of special privileges in regard to trade between two countries, as by the mutual lowering of tariffs. </DL> <A NAME="recircle"> recircle, transitive verb, intransitive verb, -cled, -cling.<DL COMPACT><DD> to circle again. Ex. The airplane recircled the field. </DL> <A NAME="recirculate"> recirculate, transitive verb, intransitive verb, -lated, -lating.<DL COMPACT><DD> to circulate anew. Ex. As the amount of impurities picked up from the system is small, the water can be recirculated instead of running to waste (New Scientist). noun recirculation. </DL> <A NAME="recision"> recision, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a cutting back or away. </DL> <A NAME="recit"> recit, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a short narrative. Ex. He has given us a pleasant series of recits from the flow of his thinking and doing (Saturday Review). </DL> <A NAME="recit"> recit.,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Music.) recitative (1). </DL> <A NAME="recital"> recital, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of reciting; telling facts in detail. Ex. Her recital of her experiences in the hospital bored her hearers. <DD> 2. a story; account. Ex. Which recital of the details is easier to understand? (SYN) narration. <DD> 3. a musical entertainment, usually given by a single performer. Ex. All the music students in the class will give a recital Tuesday afternoon. <DD> 4. a public performance given by a group of dancers (often dance pupils). <DD> 5. (formerly) a concert consisting of selections from one composer. </DL> <A NAME="recitalist"> recitalist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a musician, singer, or actor who gives recitals. Ex. Pianist de Groot was a two-handed recitalist of solid international reputation (Time). </DL> <A NAME="recitando"> recitando, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Music.) reciting; half spoken or declaimed, after the manner of a recitative. </DL> <A NAME="recitation"> recitation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of reciting; telling of facts in detail. <DD> 2. the act of reciting a prepared lesson by pupils before a teacher. Ex. The teacher noted several mistakes in his recitation of the multiplication table of 9. <DD> 3. the act of repeating something from memory before an audience. Ex. The audience enjoyed the poet's moving recitation of several of his poems. <DD> 4. a piece repeated from memory. </DL> <A NAME="recitationist"> recitationist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who recites poetry or prose before an audience. </DL> <A NAME="recitative"> recitative (1), noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a passage, part, or piece of music which is sung with the rhythm and phrasing of ordinary speech. Operas often contain long recitatives. Ex. Lerner's nimble recitatives and patter songs ... provide as agreeable a pattern as anyone could wish for (Saturday Review). <DD> 2. this style of singing. Ex. Operas often contain long passages of recitative. There's a lot of that recitative that is in the character of the songs and fits the opera perfectly (Atlantic). <DD>adj. of or resembling recitative. Ex. Kabuki actors must attain not only great control of the voice, for their parts are spoken in a "high" recitative style (Atlantic). </DL> <A NAME="recitative"> recitative (2), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. that recites. <DD> 2. having to do with a recital. </DL> <A NAME="recitativo"> recitativo, noun, pl. -vos, adjective, =recitative (1).</DL> <A NAME="recite"> recite, verb, -cited, -citing.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to say over; repeat. Ex. to recite a lesson. He can recite that poem from memory. (SYN) rehearse. <DD> 2. to give an account of in detail. Ex. He recited the day's adventures. Will you recite the names of the pupils who have not been absent this term? (SYN) relate, narrate. <DD> 3. to repeat (as a poem or speech) to entertain an audience. <DD>v.i. 1. to repeat something; say part of a lesson. Ex. The teacher called on me to recite. <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) to relate, rehearse, or declare. noun reciter. </DL> <A NAME="recitingnote"> reciting note or tone,<DL COMPACT><DD> a note in Gregorian music on which several syllables are recited in monotone. </DL> <A NAME="reck"> reck,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) <DD>v.i. 1. to care; heed. Ex. The brave soldier recked little of danger. <DD> 2. to be important or interesting; matter. <DD>v.t. 1. to have regard for. Ex. May ye better reck the rede than ever did th' adviser! (Robert Burns). <DD> 2. to matter to; concern. Ex. Of night, or loneliness, it recks me not (Milton). </DL> <A NAME="reckless"> reckless, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> rash; heedless; careless. Ex. Reckless driving causes many automobile accidents. Reckless of consequences, the boy played truant. adv. recklessly. noun recklessness. </DL> <A NAME="reckling"> reckling, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British Dialect.) the smallest and weakest one in a litter of animals or a family of children. Ex. There lay the reckling one, But one hour old! (Tennyson). </DL> <A NAME="reckon"> reckon, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to find the number or value of; count up. Ex. Reckon the cost before you decide to purchase the bicycle. (SYN) compute, calculate. <DD> 2. to consider; judge; account. Ex. He is reckoned the best speller in the class. (SYN) regard, deem, esteem. <DD> 3. (Informal.) to think; suppose. Ex. I reckon this always, that a man is never undone till he be hanged (Shakespeare). <DD>v.i. 1. to count; make a calculation. (SYN) compute, calculate. <DD> 2. to depend; rely. Ex. You can reckon on our help. <DD> 3. to settle; settle accounts. expr. reckon up, to count up. Ex. There were 786 small red roses ... at the first count and ... there will still be all those forget-me-nots to reckon up (Punch). expr. reckon with, to take into consideration; deal with something or someone. Ex. But in general what is in a politician's head is actual places and people, contingencies immediately to be reckoned with (Edmund Wilson). expr. reckon without one's host. See under host (1). </DL> <A NAME="reckonable"> reckonable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> capable of being reckoned. Ex. They [statements] will be used to determine reckonable earnings quickly (London Times). </DL> <A NAME="reckoner"> reckoner, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person who reckons. <DD> 2. a help in reckoning, such as a book of tables. </DL> <A HREF="reckonin.dic">NEXT</A>