nonreciprocal
/ˌnɑnrɪˈsɪprəkəl/
adjective
- Not given or done in return; not mutual.
- In a nonreciprocal relationship, one person gives much more than they receive.
- Their friendship felt nonreciprocal because she always listened but he never did.
- The treaty was nonreciprocal, with one country offering trade benefits without expecting the same.
- In physics or mathematics, describing a relationship or function that is not symmetric or reversible.
- A nonreciprocal circuit allows signals to pass in only one direction.
- The researchers studied nonreciprocal interactions between particles in the experiment.
- Nonreciprocal forces violate Newton's third law in certain theoretical models.
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