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cyclic

adj
/ˈsaɪ.klɪk/US/ˈsɑɪ.klɪk/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)bor. Classical Latin cyclicuslbor. Middle French cyclique French cycliquebor. ▲ Classical Latin cyclicusbor. English cyclic From French cyclique or its etymon Classical Latin cyclicus, from Ancient Greek κυκλικός (kuklikós). By surface analysis, cycle + -ic. Piecewise doublet of chakric.

  1. derived from κυκλικός
  2. borrowed from cyclicus
  3. borrowed from cyclique

Definitions

  1. Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals

    Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals; cyclical

    • The weather had a cyclic pattern of rain and sun.
    • Our recent article on the York-Knaresborough-Harrogate branch mentioned that the diesel multiple-units covering the passenger service did so in the course of complicated cyclic diagrams.

  2. Having chains of atoms arranged in a ring.

    • Benzene and cyclohexane are both cyclic compounds.

  3. Having parts arranged in a whorl.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Being generated by only one element.

    2. Able to be inscribed in a circle.

    3. Firing at its full cyclic rate.

    4. The flight control used to control a helicopter's direction and rate of horizontal…

      The flight control used to control a helicopter's direction and rate of horizontal movement by tilting the lift vector of the helicopter's main rotor disk.

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Derived

alicyclic, allocyclic, anticyclic, autocyclic, azacyclic, benzocyclic, bicyclic, carbocyclic, cocyclic, concyclic, constacyclic, cyclical, cyclically, cyclic chorus, cyclic group, cyclic-inscriptable, cyclicism, cyclicity, cyclicly, cyclic module, cyclic nucleotide, cyclic number, cyclic poet, cyclic quadrilateral, cyclic rate, cyclic redundancy check, cyclic vomiting syndrome, decacyclic, demicyclic, dicyclic, diskcyclic, electrocyclic, endocyclic, eucyclic, exocyclic, geocyclic, heptacyclic, heterocyclic, hexacyclic, holocyclic · +29 more

Vish — recursive loop

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