Cyclic
Pronunciation: s?k"l?k or s?"kl?ka.
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Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles;
as, .cyclical time -
(Chemistry) Having atoms bonded to form a ring structure. Opposite of
acyclic . -
Recurring in cycles{2}; having a pattern that repeats at approximately equal intervals; periodic. Opposite of
noncyclic . - Marked by repeated cycles{2}. 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.
