Moving backward and forward; alternating; reciprocating.Mutually exchanged or exchangeable; concerning or given or owed by each (of two or more) with regard to the other or others: as, reciprocal aid; reciprocal rights, duties, or obligations; reciprocal love or admiration.Having an interchangeable character or relation; mutually equivalent or correspondent; concordant; agreeing.Synonyms Reciprocal, Mutual. There is a theoretical difference between these words, although it often is not important. That is mutual which is a common act on the part of both persons at the same time. Mutual is not properly applicable to physical acts or material things, as blows or gifts. Reciprocal means that one follows another, being caused by it, with emphasis upon that which is viewed as caused: as, reciprocal love or hate. See remarks under mutual as to the propriety of using mutual for common.n. That which is reciprocal to another thing.n. In mathematics, the quotient resulting from the division of unity by the quantity of which the quotient is said to be the reciprocal.In geometry, definitely dual, so that the dual of each element is fixed and constructible.n. In geometry, the dual.