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cy·clic  (sklk, sklk) or cy·cli·cal (skl-kl, skl-kl)

adj.

1.

a. Of, relating to, or characterized by cycles: a cyclic pattern of weather changes.

b. Recurring or moving in cycles: cyclical history.

2. Chemistry Of or relating to compounds having atoms arranged in a ring or closed-chain structure.

3. Botany

a. Having parts arranged in a whorl.

b. Forming a whorl.

4. Linguistics Of, relating to, or characterized by the cycle: a cyclic application of a rule.

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cycli·cali·ty (skl-kl-t, skl-) n.

cycli·cal·ly adv.

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cyclic  (sklk, sklk)

1. Occurring or moving in cycles.

2. Relating to a compound having atoms arranged in a ring or closed-chain structure. Benzene is a cyclic compound.

3. Having parts arranged in a whorl.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	cyclic - conforming to the Carnot cycle thermodynamics - the branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy
	2.	cyclic - forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl; "cyclic petals"; "cyclic flowers" phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants acyclic - not cyclic; especially having parts arranged in spirals rather than whorls
	3.	cyclic - of a compound having atoms arranged in a ring structure chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions open-chain, acyclic - having an open chain structure
	4.	cyclic - recurring in cycles cyclical noncyclic, noncyclical - not cyclic
	5.	cyclic - marked by repeated cycles periodic, periodical - happening or recurring at regular intervals; "the periodic appearance of the seventeen-year locust"