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Reciprocally proportional

Reciprocally \Re*cip"ro*cal*ly\ (r[-e]*s[i^]p"r[-o]*kal*l[y^]), adv.

  1. In a reciprocal manner; so that each affects the other, and is equally affected by it; interchangeably; mutually.

    These two particles do reciprocally affect each other with the same force.
    --Bentley.

  2. (Math.) In the manner of reciprocals.

    Reciprocally proportional (Arith. & Alg.), proportional, as two variable quantities, so that the one shall have a constant ratio to the reciprocal of the other.