cycler

Meanings

1. Anything with a cyclic (repetitious) behaviour. Something that cycles between different states.
2. An orbit that approaches two astronomical bodies on a regular basis.
3. A, usually man-made, object that follows such an orbit.
4. A person with bipolar disorder, often used when comparing the speed of mood swings.
5. A device for performing dialysis; for mechanically purifying blood.
6. Ellipsis of thermal cycler, a machine for creating multiple copies of DNA sequences.
7. A task in a cycle of tasks where the status of being active task is passed around the loop.

1. Synonym of cyclist.

Etymology

From cycle + -er. Piecewise doublet of wheeler.