Literary notes about Reciprocal (AI summary)
The term “reciprocal” is employed in literature to express a sense of mutuality or balance between entities, whether they be physical forces, social interactions, or abstract ideas. In scientific contexts, for instance, it describes both the mutual actions of magnets and the outcomes of cross-breeding experiments, where reciprocal crosses lead to varying results [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]. In political and sociological writings, the word connotes mutual assistance, shared interests, and balanced relationships, as seen in discussions of treaties and societal structures [7, 8, 9, 10]. Meanwhile, in philosophical and grammatical works, it is used to articulate relationships that are inherently interdependent, underscoring the natural symmetry of influence between subjects [11, 12, 13, 14]. Even in literature dealing with human emotions and personal bonds, “reciprocal” characterizes the balanced exchange of affection and regard [15, 16, 17, 18]. This diversity in application highlights the word’s versatility in capturing both concrete and abstract forms of mutual interaction.
- Hybrid plants produced from a reciprocal cross, generally resemble each other closely; and so it is with mongrels from a reciprocal cross.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin - There is often the widest possible difference in the facility of making reciprocal crosses.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin - Why should there often be so great a difference in the result of a reciprocal cross between the same two species?
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin - on reciprocal crosses, 258. on crossed maize and verbascum, 270. on comparison of hybrids and mongrels, 272.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin - Gartner, moreover, found that this difference of facility in making reciprocal crosses is extremely common in a lesser degree.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin - The hybrids, moreover, produced from reciprocal crosses often differ in fertility.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin - The basis of the confederacy therefore was intelligible; it was founded on mutual interests and cemented by reciprocal assistance.
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Earl of Beaconsfield Benjamin Disraeli - for import and export was agreed to, a special convention, nevertheless, applying to Turkey, which fixed a reciprocal 12 per cent.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - —Treaty between France and Austria; reciprocal help, in need, of 30,000 men and 60 guns.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 by Emperor of the French Napoleon I - In other words, the realm of the social is the realm of circuits of reciprocal influence between individuals and the groups which individuals compose.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - disc., 2325 ; use of nostrū̆m , nostrī , 2335 ; inter nōs expressing reciprocal relation, 2344 ; ipse with, 2376 .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane - as obj., 2205 ; with gerundive construction or gerund, 2253 ; inter nōs , inter vōs , inter sē , expressing reciprocal relations, 2344 .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane - Equivalents for a Reciprocal Pronoun. 2344.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane - Reciprocal , action, deponents expressing, 1487 , see Reflexive ; pron., place taken by inter nōs .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane - We loved each other without shame or mystery, and wished to continue our reciprocal affection.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau - “I had a job in Newark until last October,” returned the other, with reciprocal feeling.
— from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser - Women are by nature judges of a man’s worth, as he is of theirs; this right is reciprocal, and it is recognised as such both by men and women.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau - [ Reads. ] ‘Let our reciprocal vows be remembered.
— from The Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare