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Cyclic
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Cyclic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective Cyclic has 5 senses
- cyclic(a = adj.pert) Array - conforming to the Carnot cycle; Array
- cyclic(a = adj.all) Array - forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl; "cyclic petals"; "cyclic flowers" Antonym: acyclic
- cyclic(a = adj.all) Array - of a compound having atoms arranged in a ring structure; Array Antonym: acyclic
- cyclic(a = adj.all) cyclical - recurring in cycles; Array Derived forms noun cycle3, noun cycle1, noun cyclicity1
- cyclic(s = adj.all) Array - marked by repeated cycles; Array Derived forms noun cycle3, noun cyclicity1
Antonym: noncyclic
CIDE DICTIONARY
Cyclic, a. [Cf. F. cycluque, Gr. kykliko`s, fr. ky`klos See Cycle.].
- Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles; as, cyclical time. Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
- Having atoms bonded to form a ring structure. Opposite of
acyclic ."Used most commonly in respect to organic compounds.""[Narrower terms:bicyclic ;heterocyclic ;homocyclic, isocyclic ]" [WordNet 1.5] - Recurring in cycles{2}; having a pattern that repeats at approximately equal intervals; periodic. Opposite of
noncyclic ."[Narrower terms:alternate(prenominal), alternating(prenominal) ;alternate(prenominal), every other(prenominal), every second(prenominal) ;alternating(prenominal), oscillating(prenominal) ;biyearly ;circadian exhibiting 24-hour periodicity) ;circular ;daily, diurnal ;fortnightly, biweekly ;hourly ;midweek, midweekly ;seasonal ;semestral, semestrial ;semiannual, biannual, biyearly ;semiweekly, biweekly ;weekly ;annual, yearly ;biennial ;bimonthly, bimestrial ;half-hourly ;half-yearly ;monthly ;tertian, alternate(prenominal) ;triennial ]" [WordNet 1.5] - Marked by repeated cycles{2}. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Cyclic, adj.
1 a recurring in cycles. b belonging to a chronological cycle.
2 Chem. with constituent atoms forming a ring.
3 of a cycle of songs etc.
4 Bot. (of a flower) with its parts arranged in whorls.
5 Math. of a circle or cycle.
1 a recurring in cycles. b belonging to a chronological cycle.
2 Chem. with constituent atoms forming a ring.
3 of a cycle of songs etc.
4 Bot. (of a flower) with its parts arranged in whorls.
5 Math. of a circle or cycle.
Etymology
F cyclique or L cyclicus f. Gk kuklikos (as CYCLE)
THESAURUS
Cyclic
alternate, annular, annulate, annulose, articulated, atomatic, atomic, atomiferous, atomistic, beating, catenated, ceaseless, circinate, circling, circular, concatenated, connected, constant, continual, continued, continuing, continuous, coronary, crownlike, cyclical, cycloid, diatomic, dibasic, direct, discoid, disklike, endless, epochal, even, ever-recurring, every other, featureless, frequent, gapless, haunting, heteroatomic, heterocyclic, hexatomic, homocyclic, immediate, incessant, interminable, intermittent, isobaric, isochronal, isocyclic, isoteric, isotopic, joined, jointless, linked, measured, metronomic, monatomic, monotonous, never-ending, nonstop, oscillatory, pentatomic, perennial, periodic, periodical, pulsing, reappearing, reciprocal, recurrent, recurring, repetitive, returning, revenant, rhythmic, ring-shaped, ringlike, rotary, round, round-the-clock, rounded, running, seamless, seasonal, serial, serried, smooth, stable, steady, straight, subatomic, tetratomic, thematic, thick-coming, triatomic, tribasic, twenty-four-hour, ubiquitous, unbroken, unceasing, undifferentiated, undulant, undulatory, unending, uniform, unintermitted, unintermittent, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unrelieved, unremitting, unstopped, wavelike, wheeling
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