English Explanatory Dictionary

cyclic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals; cyclical
  2. Having chains of atoms arranged in a ring.
  3. Having parts arranged in a whorl.
  4. Being generated by only one element.
  5. Able to be inscribed in a circle.
  6. Firing at its full cyclic rate.
noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

/ˈsaɪ.klɪk/ /ˈsɪk.lɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cyclic.wav /ˈsɑɪ.klɪk/

Word forms

cyclic more cyclic most cyclic cyclics

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) 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.

Synonyms

periodic

Antonyms

acyclic

Derived words

alicyclic allocyclic anticyclic autocyclic azacyclic benzocyclic bicyclic carbocyclic cocyclic concyclic constacyclic cyclical cyclically cyclic chorus cyclic group cyclic-inscriptable cyclicism cyclicity cyclicly cyclic module cyclic nucleotide cyclic number cyclic poet cyclic quadrilateral cyclic rate cyclic redundancy check cyclic vomiting syndrome decacyclic demicyclic dicyclic diskcyclic electrocyclic endocyclic eucyclic exocyclic geocyclic heptacyclic heterocyclic hexacyclic holocyclic homocyclic hypercyclic intracyclic isocyclic macrocyclic mesocyclic metacyclic monocyclic multicyclic negacyclic noncyclic octacyclic oligocyclic ovulocyclic oxacyclic pancyclic pentacyclic pericyclic photocyclic pluricyclic
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