ˈmju:tjuəl adj. 1 (of feelings, actions, etc.)
experienced or
done by
each of
two or
more parties
with reference to
the other or others (mutual affection). 2 colloq. disp.
common to two or more persons (a mutual
friend; a mutual interest). 3
standing in (a specified)
relation to each other (mutual well-wishers; mutual beneficiaries). ømutual
fund US a
unit trust. mutual
inductance the
property of an
electric circuit that causes an
electromotive force to be generated in it by
change in the
current flowing through a magnetically linked circuit. mutual
induction the
production of an electromotive force
between adjacent circuits that are magnetically linked. mutual
insurance insurance in
which some or
all of the profits are divided
among the policyholders. øømutuality n. mutually adv. [ME f. OF
mutuel f. L mutuus mutual, borrowed, rel. to mutare change]