cyclic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective conforming to the Carnot cycle
  2. adjective forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl
    • cyclic petals
    • cyclic flowers
  3. adjective of a compound having atoms arranged in a ring structure
  4. adjective recurring in cycles
    cyclical.
  5. adjective satellite marked by repeated cycles

WordNet

Cyc"lic, Cyc"lic*al adjective (Also<
  • Cyclic
  • Cyclical
)
Etymology
Cf. F. cycluque, Gr., fr. See Cycle.
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles; as, cyclical time. Coleridge. Milman.

Webster 1913