'Reciprocated' definitions:
Definition of 'Reciprocated'
From: GCIDE
- Reciprocate \Re*cip"ro*cate\ (r[-e]*s[i^]p"r[-o]*k[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reciprocated (r[-e]*s[i^]p"r[-o]*k[=a]`t[e^]d); 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. [1913 Webster]
- One brawny smith the puffing bellows plies, And draws and blows reciprocating air. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Reciprocated'
- Reciprocal,
- Reciprocality,
- Reciprocally,
- Reciprocalness,
- Reciprocate,
- Reciprocating,
- Reciprocation,
- Reciprocity,
- Reciprocous,
- reciprocative,
- Reciprocal equation,
- Reciprocal figures,
- Reciprocal proportion,
- Reciprocal quantities,
- Reciprocal ratio,
- Reciprocal terms,
- Reciprocally proportional,
- Reciprocating engine,
- Reciprocating motion,
- Reciprocity treaty,
- Treaty of reciprocity,
- reciprocal cross,
- reciprocal inhibition,
- reciprocal ohm,
- reciprocal pronoun,
- reciprocating saw,
- law of reciprocal proportions,
- nonreciprocal vs reciprocal,
- reciprocal-inhibition therapy