Reciprocate
(Re*cip"ro*cate) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reciprocated (- ka`ted); p. pr. & vb. n. Reciprocating.]
[L. reciprocatus, p. p. of reciprocare. See Reciprocal.] To move forward and backward alternately; to
recur in vicissitude; to act interchangeably; to alternate.
One brawny smith the puffing bellows plies,
And draws and blows reciprocating air.
Dryden. Reciprocating engine,
a steam, air, or gas engine, etc., in which the piston moves back and forth; —
in distinction from a rotary engine, in which the piston travels continuously in one direction in a circular
path. — Reciprocating motion (Mech.), motion alternately backward and forward, or up and down,
as of a piston rod.
Reciprocate
(Re*cip"ro*cate), v. t. To give and return mutually; to make return for; to give in return; to
interchange; to alternate; as, to reciprocate favors. Cowper.
Reciprocation
(Re*cip`ro*ca"tion) n. [L. reciprocatio: cf. F. réciprocation.]
1. The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning; as, the reciprocation of
kindnesses.
2. Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides. Sir T.
Browne.
Reciprocity
(Rec`i*proc"i*ty) n. [Cf. F. réciprocité. See Reciprocal.]
1. Mutual action and reaction.
2. Reciprocal advantages, obligations, or rights; reciprocation.
Reciprocity treaty, or
Treaty of reciprocity,
a treaty concluded between two countries, conferring
equal privileges as regards customs or charges on imports, or in other respects.
Syn. — Reciprocation; interchange; mutuality.
Reciprocornous
(Re*cip`ro*cor"nous) a. [L. reciprocus returning, reciprocal + cornu horn.] (Zoöl.)
Having horns turning backward and then forward, like those of a ram. [R.] Ash.
Reciprocous
(Re*cip"ro*cous) a. Reciprocal. [Obs.]
Reciprok
(Rec"i*prok) a. [F. réciproque, L. reciprocus.] Reciprocal. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Reciproque
(Rec"i*proque) a. & n. [F. réciproque.] Reciprocal. Bacon.
Recision
(Re*ci"sion) n. [L. recisio, fr. recidere, recisum, to cut off; pref. re- re- + caedere to cut.]
The act of cutting off. Sherwood.
Recital
(Re*cit"al) n. [From Recite.]
1. The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of
testimony.
2. A telling in detail and due order of the particulars of anything, as of a law, an adventure, or a series
of events; narration. Addison.
3. That which is recited; a story; a narration.
4. (Mus.) A vocal or instrumental performance by one person; — distinguished from concert; as, a
song recital; an organ, piano, or violin recital.