cyclic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈsɪk.lɪk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈsɑɪ.klɪk/ (Australia)
- /ˈsaɪ.klɪk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Proto-Hellenic *kʷókʷlos Proto-Hellenic *kúklos Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) 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.
Meanings
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Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals; cyclical
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.
1960 March, “Talking of Trains: N.E. cyclic m.u. workings”, in Trains Illustrated, page 136:The weather had a cyclic pattern of rain and sun.
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(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.
- (of a polygon) Able to be inscribed in a circle.
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(of an automatic weapon) Firing at its full cyclic rate.
On it came, closer and closer, and as it did so it became clear that the pilot, if he was alive, had terminal intentions. Though the torpedo somehow missed, the plane itself did not. To those watching helplessly from other stations, the ship's antiaircraft gunners, in their final moments, were an inspiration: eyes focused through iron sights on the plane as it sped at them, weapons hot, going cyclic, hunched down and never flinching until the Betty struck high on the mainmast, killing them all.
2011, James D. Hornfischer, “26: Suicide”, in Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal, New York: Bantam Books, →ISBN, retrieved 17 Dec 2022, page 256:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more cyclic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most cyclic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
octacyclic · cyclicly · azacyclic · diskcyclic · cyclic poet · dicyclic · metacyclic · supercyclic · electrocyclic · polycyclic · hypercyclic · homocyclic · anticyclic · cocyclic · pseudocyclic · macrocyclic · cyclicity · cyclic rate · constacyclic · hexacyclic · unicyclic · quasicyclic · allocyclic · decacyclic · oligocyclic · tricyclic · mesocyclic · geocyclic · multicyclic · endocyclic · photocyclic · autocyclic · carbocyclic · holocyclic · cyclicism · pancyclic · demicyclic · cyclical · cyclically · oxacyclic · heptacyclic · cyclic-inscriptable · cyclic group · alicyclic · bicyclic · cyclic chorus · cyclic vomiting syndrome · pluricyclic · isocyclic · tetracyclic · cyclic module · semicyclic · cyclic redundancy check · cyclic number · pericyclic · pentacyclic · eucyclic · procyclic · cyclic quadrilateral · cyclic nucleotide · negacyclic · exocyclic · heterocyclic · benzocyclic · concyclic · ovulocyclic · monocyclic · intracyclic · noncyclic
Synonyms
periodic (happening at regular intervals)
Translations (62)
hu ciklikus (able to be inscribed in a circle) · de ringförmig (having parts arranged in a whorl) · ast cíclicu (characterized by, or moving in cycles) · bg цикличен (of a compound having chains of atoms arranged in a ring) · it ciclico (of a compound having chains of atoms arranged in a ring) · fur ciclic (characterized by, or moving in cycles) · ru цикли́ческий (being generated by only one element) · fi säännöllinen (characterized by, or moving in cycles) · ga timthriallach (having parts arranged in a whorl) · fi syklinen (of a compound having chains of atoms arranged in a ring) · id siklik (able to be inscribed in a circle) · hu ciklikus (characterized by, or moving in cycles) · de zyklisch (characterized by, or moving in cycles) · ga ciorclach (able to be inscribed in a circle) · sv cyklisk (characterized by, or moving in cycles) · el κυκλικός (of a compound having chains of atoms arranged in a ring) · gd cearclach (characterized by, or moving in cycles) · ca cíclic (having parts arranged in a whorl) · tl salkupin (of a compound having chains of atoms arranged in a ring) · hu gyűrűs (of a compound having chains of atoms arranged in a ring) · fi syklinen (characterized by, or moving in cycles) · lv ciklisks (characterized by, or moving in cycles) · cs cyklický (characterized by, or moving in cycles) · ja 周期的な (characterized by, or moving in cycles) · da cyklisk (characterized by, or moving in cycles) · hu ciklikus (being generated by only one element) · de ringförmig (of a compound having chains of atoms arranged in a ring) · de periodisch (characterized by, or moving in cycles) · pl cykliczny (being generated by only one element) · ru цикли́ческий (of a compound having chains of atoms arranged in a ring) · el εγγράψιμος (able to be inscribed in a circle) · it ciclico (characterized by, or moving in cycles) · ms siklik (able to be inscribed in a circle) · pl okresowy (characterized by, or moving in cycles) · ca cíclic (of a compound having chains of atoms arranged in a ring) · ru цикли́ческий (characterized by, or moving in cycles) · id siklis (characterized by, or moving in cycles) · be цыклі́чны (characterized by, or moving in cycles) · pl pierścieniowy (of a compound having chains of atoms arranged in a ring) · pt cíclico (being generated by only one element) · es cíclico (characterized by, or moving in cycles) · sv cyklisk (being generated by only one element) · he מחזורי (characterized by, or moving in cycles) · it ciclico (being generated by only one element) · fi toistuva (characterized by, or moving in cycles) · ru цикли́чный (characterized by, or moving in cycles) · pl cykliczny (characterized by, or moving in cycles) · bg пръстенен (of a compound having chains of atoms arranged in a ring) · ca cíclic (characterized by, or moving in cycles) · ga fáinneach (of a compound having chains of atoms arranged in a ring) · pt cíclico (characterized by, or moving in cycles) · bg цикличен (characterized by, or moving in cycles) · nl cyclisch (characterized by, or moving in cycles) · hu ciklikus (of a compound having chains of atoms arranged in a ring) · ja 環式の (of a compound having chains of atoms arranged in a ring) · de zyklisch (being generated by only one element) · fi kierteinen (having parts arranged in a whorl) · el κυκλικός (characterized by, or moving in cycles) · he מחזורית (characterized by, or moving in cycles) · uk циклі́чний (characterized by, or moving in cycles) · fr cyclique (characterized by, or moving in cycles) · pt cíclico (of a compound having chains of atoms arranged in a ring)