单词 | unreciprocal |
释义 | unreciprocaladj. Not reciprocal.Now much less common than non-reciprocal, esp. in mathematical and scientific contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [adjective] > mutual or reciprocal > not mutual unmutual1593 unreciprocal1626 1626 H. Parrot Cures for Itch sig. B2 Honesty and hee [sc. a broker] are euer vnreciprocall, and stand more remote to either, then Hounsditch from Longlane. 1718 J. Collier Def. Reasons Restoring Prayers & Direct. 96 The Correspondence is unreciprocal, lame, and languid. 1789 Ann. Reg. 1787 iii. 101/2 Some unreciprocal articles would remain on both sides; wine, brandy, vinegar, and oil, on the side of France; coals, lead, tin, on ours. 1841 J. J. Sylvester in London, Edinb., & Dublin Philos. Mag. 18 138 The unreciprocal implication of systems of equations. 1920 Monthly Labor Rev. Feb. 211 These provisions were said by Judge Rutherford to be partial and unreciprocal. 2005 K. M. Jan in M. K. Ray & R. Kundu Stud. in Women Writers in Eng. ii. 13 The unreciprocal love of a school girl for her married teacher takes on the form of an idyll of love. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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