cycler
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]cycler (plural cyclers)
- Anything with a cyclic (repetitious) behaviour. Something that cycles between different states.
- The battery cycler allows us to switch between batteries as each one runs out.
- (astronomy) An orbit that approaches two astronomical bodies on a regular basis.
- The Earth-Mars cyclers could potentially be used for transporting people between the two planets.
- (astronautics, by extension) A, usually man-made, object that follows such an orbit.
- Hyponyms: Aldrin cycler, Hollister cycler
- If we had more than one cycler then the length of time between the outbound and inbound journeys could be reduced to a few months.
- (psychology, euphemistic) A person with bipolar disorder, often used when comparing the speed of mood swings.
- My son's a fast cycler which is much harder for people to understand.
- (medicine) A device for performing dialysis; for mechanically purifying blood.
- The only issue I have had with my cycler was when the cat started chewing on the connecting line.
- (biochemistry) Ellipsis of thermal cycler.; a machine for creating multiple copies of DNA sequences.
- We took samples from the tubes in the cycler at regular intervals
- (computing) A task in a cycle of tasks where the status of being active task is passed around the loop.
- When the last cycler has run for 200ms we pass control back to the first one and begin again.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]cycler (plural cyclers)
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