Dictionary Definition
cyclic adj
1 conforming to the Carnot cycle
2 botany; forming a whorl or having parts
arranged in a whorl; "cyclic petals"; "cyclic flowers" [ant:
acyclic]
3 of a compound having atoms arranged in a ring
structure [ant: acyclic]
5 marked by repeated cycles
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals
- The weather had a cyclic pattern of rain and sun.
- Of a compound
having chains of atoms arranged in a ring
- Benzene and cyclohexane are both cyclic compounds.
- Having parts arranged in a whorl
- (of a group) being generated by only one element
Translations
characterized by, or moving in cycles
- German: zyklisch, periodisch
- Hebrew: מחזורי (makhzory) , מחזורית (makhzoryt)
- Italian: ciclico
- Russian: циклический (ciklíčeskij), цикличный (ciklíčnyj)
of a compound having chains of atoms arranged in
a ring
- German: ringförmig
- Italian: ciclico
- Russian: циклический (ciklíčeskij)
having parts arranged in a whorl
- German: ringförmig
being generated by only one element
- German: zyklisch
- Italian: ciclico
- Russian: циклический (ciklíčeskij)
- ttbc Portuguese: cíclico (1,2)
- ttbc Swedish: cyklisk (1,2,4)
Extensive Definition
Cycle or Cyclic may refer to:
- Motorcycle
- Bicycle
- Cycling, the act of riding a bicycle
- -cycle, a suffix in the English language
In music:
- Cycle (music), a section of a piece that is repeated or repeatable
- Cyclic form, a technique of construction involving multiple sections or movements
- Cycles (The Doobie Brothers album)
- Cycles (Frank Sinatra album)
In other uses:
- Cycle (mathematics), into which any permutation may be decomposed
- Cycle (graph theory)
- Cycle (baseball), a single, double, triple, and home run in a single game of baseball
- Cycle (film), a 2008 Malayalam film
- Cyclic compound, a chemical compound in which a series of carbon atoms form a loop
- Epic Cycle, a set of ancient Greek epic poems about the Trojan War
- Menstrual cycle, a 28 day long cycle of physiologic changes that occurs in reproductive-age females
- Fenian Cycle
See also
- Hodge cycle, a particular kind of homology class in algebra
- Duty cycle in electronics and telecommunication
- Instruction cycle, in computers
cyclic in Czech: Cyklus
cyclic in German: Kreislauf
cyclic in French: Cycle
cyclic in Hungarian: Ciklus
cyclic in Japanese: サイクル
cyclic in Polish: Cykl
cyclic in Russian: Цикл
cyclic in Simple English: Cycle
cyclic in Slovak: Cyklus
cyclic in Ukrainian: Цикл
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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