Reciprocation (other)
Reciprocation may refer to: * Reciprocating motion, a type of oscillatory motion, as in the action of a reciprocating saw * Reciprocation (geometry), an operation with circles that involves transforming each point in plane into its polar line and each line in the plane into its pole * Reciprocation, application of the reciprocal function, see multiplicative inverse See also * Reciprocity (other) * Reciprocal (other) Reciprocal may refer to: In mathematics * Multiplicative inverse, in mathematics, the number 1/''x'', which multiplied by ''x'' gives the product 1, also known as a ''reciprocal'' * Reciprocal polynomial, a polynomial obtained from another pol ...

Reciprocating Motion
Reciprocating motion, also called reciprocation, is a repetitive up-and-down or back-and-forth linear motion. It is found in a wide range of mechanisms, including reciprocating engines and pumps. The two opposite motions that comprise a single reciprocation cycle are called strokes. A crank can be used to convert into reciprocating motion, or conversely turn reciprocating motion into circular motion. For example, inside an internal combustion engine (a type of reciprocating engine), the expansion of burning fuel in the cylinders periodically pushes the piston down, which, through the connecting rod, turns the crankshaft. The continuing rotation of the crankshaft drives the piston back up, ready for the next cycle. The piston moves in a reciprocating motion, which is converted into circular motion of the crankshaft, which ultimately propels the vehicle or does other useful work. The reciprocating motion of a pump piston is close to, but different from, sinusoidal simple harmon ...
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Reciprocation (geometry)
In geometry, a pole and polar are respectively a point and a line that have a unique reciprocal relationship with respect to a given conic section. Polar reciprocation in a given circle is the transformation of each point in the plane into its polar line and each line in the plane into its pole. Properties Pole and polar have several useful properties: * If a point P lies on the line ''l'', then the pole L of the line ''l'' lies on the polar ''p'' of point P. * If a point P moves along a line ''l'', its polar ''p'' rotates about the pole L of the line ''l''. * If two tangent lines can be drawn from a pole to the conic section, then its polar passes through both tangent points. * If a point lies on the conic section, its polar is the tangent through this point to the conic section. * If a point P lies on its own polar line, then P is on the conic section. * Each line has, with respect to a non-degenerated conic section, exactly one pole. Special case of circles The pole ...
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Multiplicative Inverse
In mathematics, a multiplicative inverse or reciprocal for a number ''x'', denoted by 1/''x'' or ''x''−1, is a number which when Multiplication, multiplied by ''x'' yields the multiplicative identity, 1. The multiplicative inverse of a rational number, fraction ''a''/''b'' is ''b''/''a''. For the multiplicative inverse of a real number, divide 1 by the number. For example, the reciprocal of 5 is one fifth (1/5 or 0.2), and the reciprocal of 0.25 is 1 divided by 0.25, or 4. The reciprocal function, the Function (mathematics), function ''f''(''x'') that maps ''x'' to 1/''x'', is one of the simplest examples of a function which is its own inverse (an Involution (mathematics), involution). Multiplying by a number is the same as Division (mathematics), dividing by its reciprocal and vice versa. For example, multiplication by 4/5 (or 0.8) will give the same result as division by 5/4 (or 1.25). Therefore, multiplication by a number followed by multiplication by its reciprocal yiel ...
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Reciprocity (other)
Reciprocity may refer to: Law and trade * Reciprocity (Canadian politics), free trade with the United States of America ** Reciprocal trade agreement, entered into in order to reduce (or eliminate) tariffs, quotas and other trade restrictions on items traded between the signatories * Interstate reciprocity, recognition of sibling federated states' laws: ** In the United States specifically: *** Full Faith and Credit Clause, which provides for it ** Occupational licensing, which in some jurisdictions provides for it * Traffic violations reciprocity where non-resident drivers are treated like residents * Quid pro quo, a legal concept of the exchange of good or services, each having value Social sciences and humanities * Norm of reciprocity, social norm of in-kind responses to the behavior of others * Reciprocity (cultural anthropology), way of defining people's informal exchange of goods and labour * Reciprocity (evolution), mechanisms for the evolution of cooperation * Reciproc ...
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