cyclic
/ˈsaɪ.klɪk/ adjective, noun
Forms cyclics
- adjective Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals; cyclical “The weather had a cyclic pattern of rain and sun.”
- adjective (chemistry, of a compound) Having chains of atoms arranged in a ring. “Benzene and cyclohexane are both cyclic compounds.”
- adjective (botany) Having parts arranged in a whorl.
- adjective (mathematics, of a group) Being generated by only one element.
- adjective (geometry, of a polygon) Able to be inscribed in a circle.
- adjective (firearms, of an automatic weapon) Firing at its full cyclic rate.
- noun (aviation) 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.
- adjective Of or relating to the Ancient Greek Epic Cycle.
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Etymology
From French cyclique or its etymon Classical Latin cyclicus, from Ancient Greek κυκλικός (kuklikós). By surface analysis, cycle + -ic. Piecewise doublet of chakric.
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles; as, cyclical time. Coleridge. 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.
Etymology [Cf. F. cycluque, Gr.Cycle.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “cyclic”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details