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cyclic

cyclic

6.8
Has petals or other plant parts arranged in circles around the stem
  • adjective
  • /ˈsaɪklɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cíclico

Examples

  • Deep cavities have a small value of l/v, where v is the cyclic frequency.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Cyclic olefin copolymer, which has high temperature stability and good optical properties, is being used more in MEMS applications.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Joy and terror, pop culture and cyclic nature, love and death—today's poets continue to reveal the innumerable ways of being human in this country, at this time, on this earth.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Every time you make an input with the collective, an equal and opposite one needs to be made with cyclic and pedals, and if they're not all working in harmony, you get something akin to a monkey, fornication, and a football.

    Blog text (13)
  • The petals of this flower are arranged in a cyclic pattern, creating a beautiful whorl.

  • In botany, many plants display cyclic arrangements of leaves, enhancing their aesthetic appeal.

  • The gardener admired the cyclic formation of the blossoms, which formed a lovely ring around the center.

Synonyms

verticillate
vscyclic
  • Specialized
9.9

Leaves or other parts that grow in a circle around a stem

is used more for whorls of petals or flowers than stem parts
verticillated
vscyclic
  • Specialized
9.9

Leaves or branches set in a ring around a stem

is applied more to petals or flower whorls rather than leaf or branch whorls

Antonyms

acyclic
  • Specialized
8.8

Not forming a ring or closed loop, often describing molecules with open chains

Compounds

1 6.8

A simple math check that finds errors in files on drives or during transfer

cyclic disorder
  • Specialized
8.6

A long-term condition in which moods often change between mild low and mild high feelings

cyclic neutropenia
  • Specialized
9.9

A rare blood disorder causing regular drops in neutrophils, a type of white blood cell

Surface Forms

cyclic positive

Morphology

cyclic = cycle (semi-transparent) = cycle + ic

Formed from 'cycle' + '-ic' but the botanical sense 'arranged in whorls' is a specialized usage that may not be obvious to all learners.

Etymology

The word cyclic comes from the root cycl- meaning 'circle' or 'wheel', like in cycle, and in plants it describes parts that grow in rings. That's why cyclic flowers have petals and organs arranged in clear circles around the center.