'Cyclic' definitions:
Definition of 'cyclic'
From: WordNet
adjective
Conforming to the Carnot cycle
adjective
Forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl; "cyclic petals"; "cyclic flowers" [ant: acyclic]
adjective
Of a compound having atoms arranged in a ring structure [ant: acyclic, open-chain]
adjective
adjective
Marked by repeated cycles
Definition of 'Cyclic'
From: GCIDE
- Cyclic \Cyc"lic\ (s?k"l?k or s?"kl?k), Cyclical \Cyc"lic*al\ (s?k"l?-kal), a. [Cf. F. cycluque, Gr. kykliko`s, fr. ky`klos See Cycle.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles; as, cyclical time. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Chemistry) Having atoms bonded to form a ring structure. Opposite of acyclic.
- Note: Used most commonly in respect to organic compounds.
- Note: [Narrower terms: bicyclic; heterocyclic; homocyclic, isocyclic]
- Syn: closed-chain, closed-ring. [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. Recurring in cycles[2]; having a pattern that repeats at approximately equal intervals; periodic. Opposite of noncyclic.
- Note: [Narrower terms: {alternate(prenominal), alternating(prenominal)}; {alternate(prenominal), every other(prenominal), every second(prenominal)}; alternating(prenominal), oscillating(prenominal); biyearly; {circadian exhibiting 24-hour periodicity)}; circular; daily, diurnal; fortnightly, biweekly; hourly; {midweek, midweekly}; seasonal; semestral, semestrial; semiannual, biannual, biyearly; {semiweekly, biweekly}; weekly; annual, yearly; biennial; bimonthly, bimestrial; half-hourly; half-yearly; monthly; tertian, alternate(prenominal); triennial] [WordNet 1.5]
- 4. Marked by repeated cycles[2]. [WordNet 1.5]
- 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.
- Cyclic poets, certain epic poets who followed Homer, and wrote merely on the Trojan war and its heroes; -- so called because keeping within the circle of a single subject. Also, any series or coterie of poets writing on one subject. --Milman. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cyclic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alternate,
- annular,
- annulate,
- annulose,
- articulated,
- atomatic,
- atomic,
- atomiferous,
- atomistic,
- beating,
- catenated,
- ceaseless,
- circinate,
- circling,
- circular,
- concatenated,
- connected,
- constant,
- continual,
- continued,
- continuing,
- continuous,
- coronary,
- crownlike,
- cyclical,
- cycloid,
- diatomic,
- dibasic,
- direct,
- discoid,
- disklike,
- endless,
- epochal,
- even,
- ever-recurring,
- every other,
- featureless,
- frequent,
- gapless,
- haunting,
- heteroatomic,
- heterocyclic,
- hexatomic,
- homocyclic,
- immediate,
- incessant,
- interminable,
- intermittent,
- isobaric,
- isochronal,
- isocyclic,
- isoteric,
- isotopic,
- joined,
- jointless,
- linked,
- measured,
- metronomic,
- monatomic,
- monotonous,
- never-ending,
- nonstop,
- oscillatory,
- pentatomic,
- perennial,
- periodic,
- periodical,
- pulsing,
- reappearing,
- reciprocal,
- recurrent,
- recurring,
- repetitive,
- returning,
- revenant,
- rhythmic,
- ring-shaped,
- ringlike,
- rotary,
- round,
- round-the-clock,
- rounded,
- running,
- seamless,
- seasonal,
- serial,
- serried,
- smooth,
- stable,
- steady,
- straight,
- subatomic,
- tetratomic,
- thematic,
- thick-coming,
- triatomic,
- tribasic,
- twenty-four-hour,
- ubiquitous,
- unbroken,
- unceasing,
- undifferentiated,
- undulant,
- undulatory,
- unending,
- uniform,
- unintermitted,
- unintermittent,
- unintermitting,
- uninterrupted,
- unrelieved,
- unremitting,
- unstopped,
- wavelike,
- wheeling