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单词 reciprocating
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reciprocatingadj.

Brit. /rᵻˈsɪprəkeɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /rəˈsɪprəˌkeɪdɪŋ/, /riˈsɪprəˌkeɪdɪŋ/
Forms: see reciprocate v. and -ing suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reciprocate v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < reciprocate v. + -ing suffix2.
1. That flows backwards; back-flowing. Cf. reciprocate v. 4. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [adjective] > flowing
reciprocating1614
1614 W. Lithgow Most Delectable Disc. Peregrination sig. G1v Those that got to land, were pulled backe by the reciprocating [printed reciprocrating] waues.
2.
a. Moving backwards and forwards; characterized by alternation in movement or action; oscillating; (of a spring, well, etc.) flowing intermittently. Now chiefly Mechanics and Engineering.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [adjective] > alternating or reciprocating
reciprocal1594
reciprocating1656
reciprocatory1826
1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. iv. xxix. 365 The Sound will both continue, and grow weaker and weaker, till at last the action of the reciprocating aire grow so weak, as to be unperceptible.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 129 One brawny Smith the puffing Bellows plyes; And draws, and blows reciprocating Air. View more context for this quotation
1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 26 From Waters gathered in the subterraneous Basons in this Hill, proceeds this wonderful reciprocating Fountain.
1766 S. Chandler Crit. Hist. Life David II. ii. 9 (note) The reciprocating motion of the buckets of a well, one descending as the other rises, and vice versa.
1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 128 The intermittent or reciprocating wells which..are to the vulgar so much the objects of wonder, are well accounted for on the principle of the siphon.
1830 H. Kater & D. Lardner Treat. Mechanics xviii. 247 Reciprocating circular motion is seen in the pendulum of a clock.
1912 P. A. Amos Processes of Flour Manuf. xii. 86 The reciprocating sieve or sifter is one of the oldest forms of grader or separator.
1956 R. H. Dipple Process Planning iii. 33 Surface grinding machines are of two main types, reciprocating table as in milling and rotary table as in vertical boring.
2001 R. W. Cahn Coming of Materials Sci. x. 405 The Toepler pump..is a form of piston pump in which the reciprocating piston consists of mercury.
b. Mechanics and Engineering. Of a machine: having a reciprocating part or parts; spec. one in which a working fluid drives an oscillating piston.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > types of machine generally > [adjective] > other types
stout1702
multiplying1767
reciprocating1768
locomotive1800
centripetal1835
self-contained1839
uniplane1843
high-speed1844
powered1847
flexible1859
undergrounda1884
chip-proof1901
portable1913
batch1940
closed-loop1958
interactive1967
1768 J. Robison Let. 8 July in E. Robinson & D. McKie Partners in Sci. (1970) 13 Boulton..has finished a building for one of your reciprocating Engines.
1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 313 In conjunction with Mr. Boulton.., he [sc. Watt] completed both a reciprocating and a rotative or wheel engine.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 441 Reciprocating saw-mills, for cutting timber,..do not exhibit much variety in their construction.
1847 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. II. xxvii. 739 (heading) Rectilinear, or reciprocating, saw machines.
1873 J. Richards On Arrangem. Wood-working Factories 153 For the lighter class of work..the reciprocating machine is best.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 824/1 The rapid development of the marine steam turbine makes it probable that it will displace the reciprocating engine in all large and fast ships.
1989 Atlantic Sept. 97/1 I used a tool called a reciprocating saw to cut a big hole in a wall between two rooms.
2003 Navy News Sept. 7/3 The power pack, so called, comprised open front boilers and triple expansion reciprocating engines.
3. Responding in kind; characterized by return or exchange.
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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
1827 R. Craig in Mem. (1862) 93 A false religion cannot exist without its [sc. Despotism's] reciprocating support.
1858 W. Arnot Laws from Heaven 2nd Ser. xxiii. 193 Sellers and buyers alike would be ashamed..to begin, in this form, the reciprocating series of deceit.
1915 R. S. Bourne in Atlantic Monthly Sept. 388/2 ‘Social democracy’..means a freely coöperating, freely reciprocating society of equals.
1980 J. H. Crook Evol. Human Consciousness iv. 77 Collaboration is thus a mutual matter between animals well known to one another who have established a reciprocating relationship.
2000 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 25 Mar. a19 Beauty becomes his idealized companion, the worthy and reciprocating love so cruelly absent from real life.
4. Logic. Of a proposition, etc.: = convertible adj. 1b. Cf. reciprocal adj. 8.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > conversion of a proposition > [adjective] > convertible or inconvertible
reciprocal1588
convertible1609
conversiblea1660
inconvertible1847
reciprocating1850
1850 W. Fitzgerald Notes in W. Fitzgerald tr. Aristotle Ηθικων Αρετων Υποτυπωειε 148 Take, for example. Lib. x. c. 1, οἱ μὲν γὰρ τἀγαθον ἡδονὴν λέγουσιν, where, the proposition being reciprocating, we should expect τὴν ἡδονήν.
1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic iv. 93 Reciprocating, Convertible or Coextensive Concepts are those which have precisely the same Extension.
1975 H. Wald Introd. Dialectical Logic vi. 143 Even though it has a simply convertible, reciprocating judgment as a logical form, the definition cannot be reduced to tautology, as neopositivistic logicians claim.
2003 P. M. Hood Aristotle on Category Relation (2004) ii. 32 Aristotle understands that on their own, the words ‘knowledge’ and ‘knowable’ are not properly reciprocating (or convertible) expressions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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