cyclic
/ˈsaɪklɪk/adjective
1
- occurring in cycles; regularly repeated循环的; 周期性反复出现的：
nature is replete with cyclic processes
大自然充满了循环过程
the cyclic pattern of the last two decades.
过去20年中的周期型。
1.1
- Mathematics (of a group) having the property that each element of the group can be expressed as a power of one particular element【数】（群）循环的。
1.2
- relating to or denoting a musical or literary composition with a recurrent theme or structural device具有循环式主题（或结构手段）的乐曲（或文学作品）的。
2
- Mathematics of or relating to a circle or other closed curve【数】（与）圆（或其他闭曲线）（有关）的。
2.1
- Geometry (of a polygon) having all its vertices lying on a circle【几何】（多边形）圆内接的。
2.2
- Chemistry (of a compound) having a molecular structure containing one or more closed rings of atoms【化】（化合物）环（状）的。
2.3
- Botany (of a flower) having its parts arranged in whorls【植】（花）轮列的, 轮生的。
派生词
cyclical
adjective （限义项1）cyclically
adverb词源
late 18th cent.: from French cyclique or Latin cyclicus, from Greek kuklikos, from kuklos 'circle'.