reciprocation

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning. countable,uncountable
    — the reciprocation of kindness
  2. Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides, or the back and forth motion in a piston engine. countable,uncountable
    — Near-synonym: oscillation

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Etymology tree
English reciprocate
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English -ion
English reciprocation
From reciprocate + -ion.
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