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cyclic

cyclic

English

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.

Derived terms

Synonyms

(happening at regular intervals): periodic

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