See Also: Cyclic AMP(medicine)
cyclic GMP(medicine)
cyclic imp(medicine)
cyclic cmp(medicine)
cyclic(dictionary)
Cyclic(medicine)
cyclic(dictionary)
Cyclic AMP(health)
Cyclic GMP(health)
ethers, cyclic(medicine)

cyclic (iou)



cyclic adjective. L18.
[French cyclique or Latin cyclicus or Greek kuklikos: see CYCLE noun, -IC.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of, a cycle; moving or recurring in cycles. L18.
U. Le Guin The whole universe is a cyclic process, an oscillation of expansion and contraction, without any before or after.
2. Of or belonging to a cycle of legends, poems, etc. E19.
Shelley Episodes of that cyclic poem written by Time upon the memories of men.
3. Greek Prosody. Of a dactyl or anapaest: occupying in scansion only three time units instead of four. M19.
4. Math. Of or pertaining to a circle or other closed curve; (of a polygon) having all its vertices lying on a circle. M19.
b. Of a group: having the property that each element of the group can be expressed as a power of one particular element. L19.
5. Botany. Of a flower: having its parts arranged in whorls. L19.
6. Chemistry. Having a molecular structure containing one or more closed rings of atoms. L19.
? Orig. pronunc. (now rare) .
cyclicity noun L20.