cyclic
adjective
uk/ˈsɪk.lɪk//ˈsaɪ.klɪk/us/ˈsɪk.lɪk//ˈsaɪ.klɪk/cyclicadjective(REPEATED)
relatingto orinvolvingacycleofevents(= a set ofeventsthat arerepeatedregularlyin the sameorder):
Tourismindustryexpertssaid USappetitesfortravelare cyclic.
Cyclicchangesin a star'spositioncanrevealbodiesthat areorbitingit.
Synonym
cyclical
Opposite
non-cyclic
- Life is cyclic but not everyone is on the samecycle, sofriendshipscan get out ofsync.
- Cyclicbreastpainisrelatedto a woman'smenstrualcycle.
- Somepeopleblamedtheozoneholeonnaturalforces,includingsmallcyclicvariationsin the sun'senergyoutput.
Order and sequence - general words
- alphabetize
- around
- back end
- be a chapter of accidentsidiom
- catalogue
- chapter
- cycle
- linearity
- linearly
- litany
- merry-go-round
- next
- procession
- secondly
- sequence
- sequencing
- sequent
- string
- train
- wave
cyclicadjective(CHEMISTRY)
chemistryspecialized
relatingto astructureofmolecules(= thesimplestunitsof achemicalsubstance)thatcontainatomsinclosedrings:
We wouldseea cyclicmoleculesuch as cyclohexane A as aflatringwith thehydrogenatomsaround it.
Hisworkon thestructureof themetalcarbonyls hadsuggestedthat a cyclicstructurewasimprobable.
Opposite
non-cyclic
- Atraditionaljetfuelhas more straight- and branched-chainhydrocarbonmoleculescalledalkanes,whereasthe newfuelhas more cyclicmoleculesthatlooklikepairsofrings.
- Thereactionproducesa cyclic sulfoniumcompound.
Chemistry - general words
- acceptor
- aerosol
- aerosolize
- allotrope
- amphiprotic
- chemical formula
- conformation
- distilled water
- electrolyte
- electrolytic
- endocrine disruptor
- endothermic
- exothermic
- inorganic chemistry
- molecular weight
- nonelectrolyte
- nonreactive
- reactive
- reactivity
- reduction