cyclic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cyclic	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cyclic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cyclic adj conforming to the Carnot cycle forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl; "cyclic petals"; "cyclic flowers" Antonym(s): acyclic of a compound having atoms arranged in a ring structure Antonym(s): acyclic, open-chain recurring in cycles Synonym(s): cyclic, cyclical Antonym(s): noncyclic, noncyclical marked by repeated cycles
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cyclic \Cyc"lic\ (s?k"l?k [or] s?"kl?k), Cyclical \Cyc"lical\ (s?k"l?-kal), a. [Cf. F. cycluque, Gr. kykliko`s, fr. ky`klos See {Cycle}.] Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles; as, cyclical time. --Coleridge. {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.