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Webster 1913 Edition


Reciprocation

Re-cipˊro-ca′tion

(rē̍-sĭp′rō̍-kā′shŭn)
,
Noun.
[L.
reciprocatio
: cf. F.
réciprocation
.]
1.
The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning;
as, the
reciprocation
of kindness
.
2.
Alternate recurrence or action;
as, the
reciprocation
of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides
.
Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1828 Edition


Reciprocation

RECIPROCA'TION

,
Noun.
[L. reciprocatio.]
1.
Interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning; as the reciprocation of kindnesses.
2.
Alternation; as the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides.
3.
Regular return or alternation of two symptoms or diseases.

Definition 2024


reciprocation

reciprocation

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Noun

reciprocation (plural reciprocations)

  1. The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning; as, the reciprocation of kindness.
  2. Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides; oscillation.
    • 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Dialogue 2:
      ... the same pendulum alwayes maketh its reciprocations in equall times.

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