Opposite vs. Reciprocal
Oppositeadjective
Located directly across from something else, or from each other.
Oppositeadjective
(botany) Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.
Oppositeadjective
Facing in the other direction.
Oppositeadjective
Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.
Oppositeadjective
Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
Oppositenoun
Something opposite or contrary to something else.
Oppositenoun
An opponent.
Oppositenoun
An antonym.
Oppositenoun
(mathematics) An additive inverse.
Oppositeadverb
In an opposite position.
Oppositepreposition
Facing, or across from.
Oppositepreposition
In a complementary role to.
Oppositepreposition
(television) On another channel at the same time.
Oppositeadjective
Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; - often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange; the concert hall and the state theater stood opposite each other on the plaza.
Oppositeadjective
Situated on the other end of an imaginary line passing through or near the middle of an intervening space or object; - of one object with respect to another; as, the office is on the opposite side of town; - also used both to describe two objects with respect to each other; as, the stores were on opposite ends of the mall.
Oppositeadjective
Applied to the other of two things which are entirely different; other; as, the opposite sex; the opposite extreme; antonyms have opposite meanings.
Oppositeadjective
Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
Oppositeadjective
Set over against each other, but separated by the whole diameter of the stem, as two leaves at the same node.
Oppositenoun
One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist.
Oppositenoun
That which is opposed or contrary in character or meaning; as, sweetness and its opposite; up is the opposite of down.
Oppositenoun
two words that express opposing concepts;
Oppositenoun
a relation of direct opposition;
Oppositenoun
a contestant that you are matched against
Oppositenoun
something inverted in sequence or character or effect;
Oppositeadjective
being directly across from each other; facing;
Oppositeadjective
of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem;
Oppositeadjective
moving or facing away from each other;
Oppositeadjective
the other one of a complementary pair;
Oppositeadjective
altogether different in nature or quality or significance;
Oppositeadjective
characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed;
Oppositeadverb
directly facing each other;
Reciprocaladjective
Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way.
Reciprocaladjective
Mutually interchangeable.
Reciprocaladjective
(grammar) expressing mutual action, applied to pronouns and verbs; also in a broad sense: reflexive
Reciprocaladjective
(math) Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities.
Reciprocaladjective
Done, given, felt, or owed in return
Reciprocalnoun
(arithmetic) The number obtained by dividing 1 by another given number; the result of exchanging the numerator and the denominator of a fraction.
Reciprocalnoun
(grammar) A construction expressing mutual action.
Reciprocaladjective
Recurring in vicissitude; alternate.
Reciprocaladjective
Done by each to the other; interchanging or interchanged; given and received; due from each to each; mutual; as, reciprocal love; reciprocal duties.
Reciprocaladjective
Mutually interchangeable.
Reciprocaladjective
Reflexive; - applied to pronouns and verbs, but sometimes limited to such pronouns as express mutual action.
Reciprocaladjective
Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities. See the Phrases below.
Reciprocalnoun
That which is reciprocal to another thing.
Reciprocalnoun
The quotient arising from dividing unity by any quantity; thus ¼ is the reciprocal of 4; 1/(a + b) is the reciprocal of a + b. The reciprocal of a fraction is the fraction inverted, or the denominator divided by the numerator.
Reciprocalnoun
something (a term or expression or concept) that has a reciprocal relation to something else;
Reciprocalnoun
(mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2; the multiplicative inverse of 7 is 1/7
Reciprocalnoun
hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype
Reciprocaladjective
concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return;
Reciprocaladjective
of or relating to or suggestive of complementation;
Reciprocaladjective
of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function;
