cyclic

English

Adjective

cyclic (comparative more cyclic, superlative most cyclic)

1. Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals

   The weather had a cyclic pattern of rain and sun.

2. (chemistry) Of a compound having chains of atoms arranged in a ring

   Benzene and cyclohexane are both cyclic compounds.

3. (botany) Having parts arranged in a whorl
4. (mathematics, of a group) being generated by only one element
5. (geometry, of a polygon) able to be inscribed in a circle

Derived terms

• cyclic chorus
• cyclic poet

Translations

characterized by, or moving in cycles

• Bulgarian: цикличен (bg) (cikličen)
• Catalan: cíclic
• Finnish: toistuva (fi), syklinen (fi), säännöllinen (fi)
• German: zyklisch (de), periodisch (de)
• Greek: κυκλικός (el) (kyklikós)
• Hebrew: מחזורי m (makhzory), מחזורית f (makhzoryt)

• Italian: ciclico
• Japanese: 周期的な (しゅうきてきな, shūkiteki na)
• Polish: okresowy (pl) m, cykliczny m
• Russian: циклический (ru) (ciklíčeskij), цикличный (ru) (ciklíčnyj)
• Spanish: cíclico

of a compound having chains of atoms arranged in a ring

• Bulgarian: пръстенен (prǎstenen), цикличен (bg) (cikličen)
• Catalan: cíclic
• Finnish: syklinen (fi)
• German: ringförmig (de)

• Greek: κυκλικός (el) (kyklikós)
• Italian: ciclico
• Japanese: 環式の (かんしきの, kanshiki no)
• Russian: циклический (ru) (ciklíčeskij)

having parts arranged in a whorl

• Catalan: cíclic

• German: ringförmig (de)

being generated by only one element

• German: zyklisch (de)
• Italian: ciclico

• Portuguese: cíclico (pt) m
• Russian: циклический (ru) (ciklíčeskij)

able to be inscribed in a circle

• Greek: εγγράψιμος (el) (engrápsimos)

• Irish: ciorclach

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• Portuguese: cíclico (1,2)

• Swedish: cyklisk (1,2,4)