Dictionary Definition
reciprocation
Noun
1 the act of making and return or doing something
in return
2 alternating back-and-forth movement
3 mutual interaction; the activity of
interchanging or reciprocating [syn: interchange, give-and-take]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
reciprocation- The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning; as, the reciprocation of kindness.
- Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides.
References
Extensive Definition
- See Reciprocal for mathematical terminology.
Reciprocation is the action in which a body's
displacement returns to its starting location in a given time
repeatedly. The velocity over which the displacement occurs with
each repetition not necessarily being constant. Such an action is
usually used to describe quickly moving implements in mechanical
objects usually linearly within a given axis, or even in complex
displacement/velocity paths. eg. the piston engine is a reciprocating
engine with the piston being the object of reciprocation within
the lineal axis of the cylinder.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Lissajous figure, alternation, back-and-forth,
balance, battledore and
shuttlecock, boomerang, coequality, comeback, coming and going,
communion, community, commutation, cooperation, corelation, correlation, correlativism, correlativity, correspondence, counter, counterblast, counterblow, counterchange, counterstroke, cross fire,
ebb and flow, equilibrium, equipollence, equivalence, exchange, flux and reflux,
give-and-take, interchange, intermutation, interplay, inverse proportion,
inverse ratio, inverse relationship, lex talionis, measure for
measure, mutual admiration, mutual support, mutual transfer,
mutuality, permutation, proportionality, quid
pro quo, reciprocality, reciprocity, recoil, relativity, reply, retaliation, retort, return, rhythmic play, seesaw, seesawing, sine wave,
something for something, symmetry, teeter, teeter-totter,
teeter-tottering, teetering, tit for tat,
to-and-fro, tottering,
transposal, transposition, ups and
downs, wigwag