cyclic
pronunciation
How to pronounce cyclic in British English:
UK [ˈsaɪklɪk]
How to pronounce cyclic in American English:
US [ˈsaɪklɪk, ˈsɪklɪk]
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- Adjective:
- conforming to the Carnot cycle
- botany; forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl
- of a compound having atoms arranged in a ring structure
- recurring in cycles
- marked by repeated cycles
Word Origin
- cyclic (adj.)
- 1794, from French cyclique (16c.), from Latin cyclicus, from Greek kyklikos "moving in a circle," from kyklos (see cycle (n.)).
Example
- 1. The mark-43 has a cyclic rate of fire of 550 rounds per minute .
- 2. This cyclic weather system normally occurs once every two to seven years , and last reared its head in 2007 .
- 3. Following coe , gw will continue this underway in the western pacific ocean conducting advanced cyclic flight operations in preparation for its first summer deployment from fleet activities yokosuka since becoming the navy 's only permanently forward deployed aircraft carrier .
- 4. Cyclic tilting of the device causes the droplet to accelerate across the film 's surface ; the maximum output voltage ( and power ) occurs when the sliding droplet reaches its maximum velocity at one end of the film .
- 5. Mayan time was cyclic , and experts like dr. krupp and anthony aveni , an astronomer and anthropologist at colgate university , say there is no evidence that the mayans thought anything special would happen when the odometer rolled over on this long count in 2012 .