Cyclic

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Of, relating to, or characterized by cycles.
  • adjective. Recurring or moving in cycles.
  • adjective. Of or relating to compounds having atoms arranged in a ring or closed-chain structure.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Having parts arranged in a whorl.
  • adjective. Forming a whorl.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to or moving in a cycle or circle; specifically, governed by a regular law of variation, according to which the final and initial terms of the series of changes or states are identical.
  • Connected with a literary cycle: specifically applied to certain ancient Greek poets (sometimes inclusive of Homer) who wrote on the Trojan war and the adventures of the heroes connected with it. See cycle, 5.
  • In ancient metrics, delivered more rapidly than usual, so as to occupy only three times or moræ instead of four: used to note certain dactyls and anapests. Thus, a cyclic dactyl is equivalent in time to a trochee, and a cyclic anapest to an iambus.
  • noun. A cyclic poem.
  • In chem., containing a cycle or ring.
  • In botany, arranged in whorls: said of the stamens, petals, etc., in a flower; also, having the parts so arranged: said of the flower; cyclical.
  • In geometry, having its vertices all on the same circle: thus, if a quadrilateral has its vortices concyclic it is cyclic.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles.
  • adjective. Having atoms bonded to form a ring structure. Opposite of acyclic.
  • adjective. Recurring in cycles{2}; having a pattern that repeats at approximately equal intervals; periodic. Opposite of noncyclic.
  • adjective. Marked by repeated cycles{2}.
  • adjective. the chorus which performed the songs and dances of the dithyrambic odes at Athens, dancing round the altar of Bacchus in a circle.
  • adjective. certain epic poets who followed Homer, and wrote merely on the Trojan war and its heroes; -- so called because keeping within the circle of a single subject. Also, any series or coterie of poets writing on one subject.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals
  • adjective. Of a compound having chains of atoms arranged in a ring
  • adjective. Having parts arranged in a whorl
  • adjective. being generated by only one element
  • adjective. able to be inscribed in a circle
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl
  • adjective. of a compound having atoms arranged in a ring structure
  • adjective. recurring in cycles
  • adjective. conforming to the Carnot cycle
  • adjective. marked by repeated cycles
  • Word Usage
    "There is just so much evidence of long- and short-term cyclic temperature variations being well-correlated to solar activity, that CO2 seems like a trivial pursuit."
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