commutualadj.
/kəˈmjuːtjʊəl/ a. Mutual, reciprocal. (Chiefly poetic.)
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the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [adjective] > mutual or reciprocal
evena1425
interchangeablec1450
relativea1500
reciprocativea1504
mutual1513
reciproque?1533
reciprocous1567
requiteda1586
intermutual1595
alternate1600
commutual1604
vicissitudinary1629
reciprocal1632
reflexivea1635
reciprocated1663
related1671
mutuous1683
turn about1802
interdependent1817
interrelated1827
reciprocating1827
reciprocate1833
transmutuala1834
reflective1839
interpendent1855
interradiating1858
two-way1950
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 153 Since loue our harts, and Hymen did our hands Vnite comutuall . View more context for this quotation
1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. F7 My heart now set on fire is By..young Calais; For whose commutuall flames here I..twice am content to die.
1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 241 There with commutual zeal we both had strove.
1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 223 In leagues of long commutual friendship.
1831 Fraser's Mag. 4 375 The while a Sovereign and his Land Their troth commutual plight.
b. Anatomy. Applied to the contiguous parts of two similar organs or structures.
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the world > life > the body > part of body > [adjective] > contiguous parts of two similar structures
commutual1835
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 57/2 The external or commutual surfaces of..the serous membranes.
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 730/1 The commutual edges of the orbitar processes.
Derivatives
coˌmmutuˈality n. commutual condition.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [noun] > mutuality or reciprocity
affinitya1398
reciprocation1546
mutualitya1586
mutualness1620
intermutualness1628
reciprocality1653
reciprocalness1657
reciprocity1753
reciprocy1803
commutuality1812
interdependence1822
interdependency1838
symbiosis1921
1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair vi. lix. 151 In fond commutuality of soul.
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