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recipromatic

recipromatic adjective: having an automatic adjustment of the position.

Adjective

recipromatic (not comparable)

  1. Having an automatic adjustment of the position.
    • The recipromatic Bucky differs from the manually cocked Bucky in that the grid travels in both directions across the table during the exposure.1960, Charles A. Jacobi, Donald E. Hagen, X-ray Technology, page 74
    • There are two major types of bucky assemblies: reciprocating and recipromatic. The difference is that the reciprocating bucky moves at two different speeds during the exposure […]2003, Stephen S. Hiss, Understanding Radiography, 4th edition, page 274

Origin of recipromatic

Probably a blend of reciprocal + automatic.

Questions about recipromatic

What does recipromatic mean?
Recipromatic means having an automatic adjustment of the position.
What part of speech is recipromatic?
Recipromatic is an adjective.

Words near recipromatic in the dictionary

  1. reciprocity principle
  2. reciprocity principles
  3. reciprock
  4. reciprocous
  5. recipromantic
  6. recipromatic
  7. reciproque
  8. reciprosexual
  9. reciprosexuals
  10. recipé
  11. recipés

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