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Explore Reciprocals through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Reciprocals in a sentence

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Reciprocals | Reciprocal | Reciprocally

Reciprocals meaning

plural of reciprocal

Using Reciprocals

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of reciprocal
  • In the example corpus, reciprocals often appears in combinations such as: the reciprocals, reciprocals of.

Context around Reciprocals

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Sentence patterns with Reciprocals

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and are reciprocals 1× are the reciprocals of those 1× of the reciprocals 1× of the reciprocals of these 1× the reciprocals of the 1× where the reciprocals of all 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

although the trigesimal 1× in other words 1× stronger forms of 1× the error locators 1× the harmonic mean 1× the reciprocals of 1×

Common sentence endings:

9 given above 1× and are reciprocals 1× of the reciprocals 1× of those roots 1× proportions of primes 1× symbols to memorize 1×

Words around Reciprocals

Just before it in the word index:

reciprocally 11 reciprocal 239 recipients 1.075 recipient 1.048 recipes 1.065 recipe 1.397

Just after it in the word index:

reciprocate 66 reciprocated 73 reciprocates 14 reciprocating 73 reciprocation 15 reciprocity 126

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 8 aage 8 aardvarks 8 abaca 8 abaji 8 abascal 8

Corpus analysis for Reciprocals

  • In this selection, "reciprocals" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and are reciprocals and are the reciprocals of those. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "reciprocals" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with reciprocals

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The error locators are the reciprocals of those roots. (9 words)

In other words, the numbers represented by and are reciprocals. (10 words)

The harmonic mean can be expressed as the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Although the trigesimal and sexagesimal systems (where the reciprocals of all 5-smooth numbers terminate) do even better in this respect, this is at the cost of unwieldy multiplication tables and a much larger number of symbols to memorize. (39 words)

Stronger forms of the theorem state that the sum of the reciprocals of these prime values diverges, and that different such polynomials with the same b have approximately the same proportions of primes. (33 words)

The reciprocals of the square roots of these two numbers give us the factors 0.45 and 31.9 given above. (21 words)

Example sentences (6)

Although the trigesimal and sexagesimal systems (where the reciprocals of all 5-smooth numbers terminate) do even better in this respect, this is at the cost of unwieldy multiplication tables and a much larger number of symbols to memorize.

In other words, the numbers represented by and are reciprocals.

Stronger forms of the theorem state that the sum of the reciprocals of these prime values diverges, and that different such polynomials with the same b have approximately the same proportions of primes.

The error locators are the reciprocals of those roots.

The harmonic mean can be expressed as the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals.

The reciprocals of the square roots of these two numbers give us the factors 0.45 and 31.9 given above.

Common combinations with reciprocals

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "reciprocals" in a sentence?
An example: "Although the trigesimal and sexagesimal systems (where the reciprocals of all 5-smooth numbers terminate) do even better in this respect, this is at the cost of unwieldy multiplication tables and a much larger number of symbols to memorize." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "reciprocals" from authentic English texts.
What does "reciprocals" mean?
Reciprocals means: plural of reciprocal
How many example sentences with "reciprocals" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "reciprocals", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.