cyclic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κυκλικός (kuklikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪklɪk/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪklɪk/

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

Synonyms

• (happening at regular intervals): periodic

Antonyms

• acyclic

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 (it)

• Japanese: 周期的な (しゅうきてきな, shūkiteki na)
• Polish: okresowy (pl) m, cykliczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: cíclico (pt)
• Russian: цикли́ческий (ru) (ciklíčeskij), цикли́чный (ru) (ciklíčnyj)
• Spanish: cíclico (es)
• Swedish: cyklisk (sv)

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)
• Hungarian: gyűrűs (hu), ciklikus (hu)

• Italian: ciclico (it)
• Japanese: 環式の (かんしきの, kanshiki no)
• Portuguese: cíclico (pt)
• Russian: цикли́ческий (ru) (ciklíčeskij)
• Tagalog: salkupin

having parts arranged in a whorl

• Catalan: cíclic
• Finnish: kierteinen

• German: ringförmig (de)

being generated by only one element

• German: zyklisch (de)
• Hungarian: ciklikus (hu)
• Italian: ciclico (it)

• Portuguese: cíclico (pt) m
• Russian: цикли́ческий (ru) (ciklíčeskij)
• Swedish: cyklisk (sv)

able to be inscribed in a circle

• Greek: εγγράψιμος (el) (engrápsimos)
• Hungarian: ciklikus (hu)

• Irish: ciorclach

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• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} cyklisk (1,2,4)