Found 2 items, similar to Cyclic.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: cyclic
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]
4: recurring in cycles [syn:
cyclical] [ant:
noncyclic]
5: marked by repeated cycles
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Cyclic
Cyclic
\Cyc"lic\ (s?k
“l?k or s?”kl?k), Cyclical
\Cyc"lic*al\
(s?k"l?-kal), a. [Cf. F. cycluque, Gr. kykliko`s, fr. ky`klos
See
Cycle.]
1. Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles;
as, cyclical time. --Coleridge.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Chemistry) Having atoms bonded to form a ring structure.
Opposite of
acyclic.
Note: Used most commonly in respect to organic compounds.
Note: [Narrower terms:
bicyclic;
heterocyclic;
homocyclic, isocyclic]
Syn: closed-chain, closed-ring.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. Recurring in cycles[2]; having a pattern that repeats at
approximately equal intervals; periodic. Opposite of
noncyclic.
Note: [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]
4. Marked by repeated cycles[2].
[WordNet 1.5]
Cyclic chorus, the chorus which performed the songs and
dances of the dithyrambic odes at Athens, dancing round
the altar of Bacchus in a circle.
Cyclic poets, 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. --Milman.
[1913 Webster]
