01 a. Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles; as, cyclical time.
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Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles; as, cyclical time.
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Having atoms bonded to form a ring structure. Opposite of acyclic.(Chemistry)
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Recurring in cycles{2}; having a pattern that repeats at approximately equal intervals; periodic. Opposite of noncyclic.
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Marked by repeated cycles{2}.
Phrases & compounds
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.