cyclic

cyclic
    adj 1: conforming to the Carnot cycle
    2: forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl; "cyclic
       petals"; "cyclic flowers" [ant: {acyclic}]
    3: of a compound having atoms arranged in a ring structure [ant:
       {acyclic}, {open-chain}]
    4: recurring in cycles [syn: {cyclic}, {cyclical}] [ant:
       {noncyclic}, {noncyclical}]
    5: marked by repeated cycles
    

Cyclic \Cyc"lic\ (s?k"l?k or s?"kl?k), Cyclical \Cyc"lic*al\
   (s?k"l?-kal), a. [Cf. F. cycluque, Gr. kykliko`s, fr. ky`klos
   See {Cycle}.]
   1. Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles;
      as, cyclical time. --Coleridge.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Chemistry) Having atoms bonded to form a ring structure.
      Opposite of {acyclic}.

   Note: Used most commonly in respect to organic compounds.

   Note: [Narrower terms: {bicyclic}; {heterocyclic};
         {homocyclic, isocyclic}]

   Syn: closed-chain, closed-ring.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   3. Recurring in cycles[2]; having a pattern that repeats at
      approximately equal intervals; periodic. Opposite of
      {noncyclic}.

   Note: [Narrower terms: {alternate(prenominal),
         alternating(prenominal)}; {alternate(prenominal), every
         other(prenominal), every second(prenominal)};
         {alternating(prenominal), oscillating(prenominal)};
         {biyearly}; {circadian exhibiting 24-hour
         periodicity)}; {circular}; {daily, diurnal};
         {fortnightly, biweekly}; {hourly}; {midweek,
         midweekly}; {seasonal}; {semestral, semestrial};
         {semiannual, biannual, biyearly}; {semiweekly,
         biweekly}; {weekly}; {annual, yearly}; {biennial};
         {bimonthly, bimestrial}; {half-hourly}; {half-yearly};
         {monthly}; {tertian, alternate(prenominal)};
         {triennial}]
         [WordNet 1.5]

   4. Marked by repeated cycles[2].
      [WordNet 1.5]

   {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.
      [1913 Webster]
    

115 Moby Thesaurus words for "cyclic":
      alternate, annular, annulate, annulose, articulated, atomatic,
      atomic, atomiferous, atomistic, beating, catenated, ceaseless,
      circinate, circling, circular, concatenated, connected, constant,
      continual, continued, continuing, continuous, coronary, crownlike,
      cyclical, cycloid, diatomic, dibasic, direct, discoid, disklike,
      endless, epochal, even, ever-recurring, every other, featureless,
      frequent, gapless, haunting, heteroatomic, heterocyclic, hexatomic,
      homocyclic, immediate, incessant, interminable, intermittent,
      isobaric, isochronal, isocyclic, isoteric, isotopic, joined,
      jointless, linked, measured, metronomic, monatomic, monotonous,
      never-ending, nonstop, oscillatory, pentatomic, perennial,
      periodic, periodical, pulsing, reappearing, reciprocal, recurrent,
      recurring, repetitive, returning, revenant, rhythmic, ring-shaped,
      ringlike, rotary, round, round-the-clock, rounded, running,
      seamless, seasonal, serial, serried, smooth, stable, steady,
      straight, subatomic, tetratomic, thematic, thick-coming, triatomic,
      tribasic, twenty-four-hour, ubiquitous, unbroken, unceasing,
      undifferentiated, undulant, undulatory, unending, uniform,
      unintermitted, unintermittent, unintermitting, uninterrupted,
      unrelieved, unremitting, unstopped, wavelike, wheeling