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adjective
1.
revolving or recurring in cycles; characterized by recurrence in cycles.
2.
of, pertaining to, or constituting a cycle or cycles.
3.
Chemistry. of or pertaining to a compound that contains a closed chain or ring of atoms (contrasted with acyclic).
4.
Botany.
a.
arranged in whorls, as the parts of a flower.
b.
(of a flower) having the parts so arranged.
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Cyclic
is always a great word to know.
So is elective. Does it mean:
| selecting for combination or action; tending to combine with certain substances in preference to others, such as elective attraction |
| to remove impurities from a gas by chemical means, as sulfur dioxide from smokestack gas or carbon dioxide from exhaled air in life-support packs |
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World English Dictionary
| cyclic or cyclical (ˈsaɪklɪk, ˈsɪklɪk, ˈsaɪklɪkəl, ˈsɪklɪkəl) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | recurring or revolving in cycles |
| 2. | heterocyclic See also homocyclic (of an organic compound) containing a closed saturated or unsaturated ring of atoms |
| 3. | botany |
| a. arranged in whorls: cyclic petals | |
| b. having parts arranged in this way: cyclic flowers | |
| 4. | music of or relating to a musical form consisting of several movements sharing thematic material |
| 5. | geometry (of a polygon) having vertices that lie on a circle |
| 6. | (in generative grammar) denoting one of a set of transformational rules all of which must apply to a clause before any one of them applies to any clause in which the first clause is embedded |
| cyclical or cyclical | |
| —adj | |
| 'cyclically or cyclical | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
cyclic
1794, from Fr. cyclique (16c.), from L. cyclicus, from Gk. kyklikos "moving in a circle," from kyklos (see cycle). Related: Cyclical (1817).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
cyclic cy·clic (sī'klĭk, sĭk'lĭk) or cy·cli·cal (sī'klĭ-kəl, sĭk'lĭ-kəl)
adj.
Relating to or characterized by cycles.
Recurring or moving in cycles.
Relating to chemical compounds having atoms arranged in a ring or closed-chain structure.
cy'cli·cal'i·ty (sĭk'lə-kāl'ĭ-tē, sī'klə-) n.
cy'cli·cal·ly adv.
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Science Dictionary
cyclic  (sĭk'lĭk, sī'klĭk) Pronunciation Key
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