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Cyclical

{

Cyc′lic

(s?k′l?k or s?′kl?k)
,

Cyc′lic-al

(s?k′l?-kal)
, }
Adj.
[Cf. F.
cycluque
, Gr.
κυκλικός
, fr.
κύκλοσ
See
Cycle
.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles;
as,
cyclical
time
.
Coleridge.
Cyclic chorus
,
the chorus which performed the songs and dances of the dithyrambic odes at Athens, dancing round the altar of Bacchus in a circle.
Cyclic poets
,
certain epic poets who followed Homer, and wrote merely on the Trojan war and its heroes; – so called because keeping within the circle of a single subject. Also, any series or coterie of poets writing on one subject.
Milman.

Definition 2024


cyclical

cyclical

English

Adjective

cyclical (comparative more cyclical, superlative most cyclical)

  1. Recurring at regular intervals.

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