cyclic
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[edit] English
[edit] Adjective
cyclic (comparative more cyclic, superlative most cyclic)
- Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals
- The weather had a cyclic pattern of rain and sun.
- (chemistry) Of a compound having chains of atoms arranged in a ring
- Benzene and cyclohexane are both cyclic compounds.
- (botany) Having parts arranged in a whorl
- (mathematics) (of a group) being generated by only one element
- (geometry) (of a polygon) able to be inscribed in a circle
[edit] Translations
characterized by, or moving in cycles
of a compound having chains of atoms arranged in a ring
having parts arranged in a whorl
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being generated by only one element
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able to be inscribed in a circle
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