Cyclic
adjective
Something that happens in a cycle or in a particular repeated pattern.
The moon has a cyclic pattern of phases.
Often appears as...
- cyclic pattern
- cyclic process
adjective
In chemistry, a compound that has a ring structure.
Benzene is a cyclic compound.
Often appears as...
- cyclic compound
- cyclic structure
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Technical
adjective
In mathematics, a group or sequence that repeats in a cycle.
A cyclic group is a type of algebraic structure in which the elements can be permuted in a cyclic manner.
Often appears as...
- cyclic group
- cyclic sequence
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Technical
adjective
Something that happens in a cycle or in a particular repeated pattern.
The moon has a cyclic pattern of phases.
Often appears as...
- cyclic pattern
- cyclic process
adjective
In chemistry, a compound that has a ring structure.
Benzene is a cyclic compound.
Often appears as...
- cyclic compound
- cyclic structure
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
adjective
In mathematics, a group or sequence that repeats in a cycle.
A cyclic group is a type of algebraic structure in which the elements can be permuted in a cyclic manner.
Often appears as...
- cyclic group
- cyclic sequence
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Natural Occurrences
Often used when discussing natural patterns like seasons or animal behaviors that repeat regularly.
Bird migratory patterns are cyclic, occurring each year.
Pro Tip 2/3Predictable Changes
Emphasizes the predictability of events or processes that happen in a set sequence over time.
Fashions tend to follow a cyclic trend, coming back into popularity periodically.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Perfect
Cyclic events may vary in length or intensity, so 'cyclic' doesn't mean exact repetition every time.
Although climate patterns like El Niño are cyclic, they can vary greatly in intensity.
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Occurrences
Often used when discussing natural patterns like seasons or animal behaviors that repeat regularly.
Bird migratory patterns are cyclic, occurring each year.
Pro Tip 2/3Predictable Changes
Emphasizes the predictability of events or processes that happen in a set sequence over time.
Fashions tend to follow a cyclic trend, coming back into popularity periodically.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Perfect
Cyclic events may vary in length or intensity, so 'cyclic' doesn't mean exact repetition every time.
Although climate patterns like El Niño are cyclic, they can vary greatly in intensity.
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Occurrences
Often used when discussing natural patterns like seasons or animal behaviors that repeat regularly.
Bird migratory patterns are cyclic, occurring each year.
Pro Tip 2/3Predictable Changes
Emphasizes the predictability of events or processes that happen in a set sequence over time.
Fashions tend to follow a cyclic trend, coming back into popularity periodically.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Perfect
Cyclic events may vary in length or intensity, so 'cyclic' doesn't mean exact repetition every time.
Although climate patterns like El Niño are cyclic, they can vary greatly in intensity.
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What makes us feel good...
about this cyclical version of doing something over and over and over this seems to be particularly motivating so in the second condition of this experiment that's exactly what we did we asked people would you like to build one Bionicle for three dollars and if they said yes they build it and then we ask
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Carl Honore: In praise...
consumerism, the workplace, technology. But I think if you cut through those forces, you get to what might be the deeper driver, the nub of the question, which is how we think about time itself. In other cultures, time is cyclical.
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Praising slowness - Carl...
those forces you get to what might be the deeper driver the the nub of the question which is how we think about time itself in other cultures time is cyclical it's seen as moving in great unhurried circles it's always renewing
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How Radical Hospitality...
and a predictable, because it was cyclical, crime wave, we decided that rehabilitation no longer worked. In fact, our policymakers said that nothing worked for people like them. That is to say, the people that we lock away
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Magnus Larsson: Turning...
It is simple and complex. It is peaceful and violent. It is always the same, never the same, endlessly fascinating. One billion grains of sand come into existence in the world each second. That's a cyclical process.
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How African music...
Jonah's funk music funk is influenced a lot by jazz and jazz it's influenced by African music so it's cyclical some of my earliest memories of the music my dad and my mom used to play a lot of great
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Why should you read "One...
time moves in an almost cyclical manner. Many characters have similar names and features to their forebears, whose mistakes they often repeat. Strange prophecies and visits from mysterious gypsies
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How Helicopters Fly PIPE...
this research pilot is using a combination of collective pitch to descend and cyclic pitch to move forwards now for the perfect landing ah that wasn't important was it
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How I made friends with...
or undergo labor. So to me, the mindset that denies that, that denies that we're in sync with the biorhythms, the cyclical rhythms of the universe,
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East vs west -- the...
Two different mythologies. Which is right? Two different mythologies, two different ways of looking at the world. One linear, one cyclical.
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What makes us feel good...
about this cyclical version of doing something over and over and over this seems to be particularly motivating so in the second condition of this experiment that's exactly what we did we asked people would you like to build one Bionicle for three dollars and if they said yes they build it and then we ask
Video examples
Carl Honore: In praise...
consumerism, the workplace, technology. But I think if you cut through those forces, you get to what might be the deeper driver, the nub of the question, which is how we think about time itself. In other cultures, time is cyclical.
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Praising slowness - Carl...
those forces you get to what might be the deeper driver the the nub of the question which is how we think about time itself in other cultures time is cyclical it's seen as moving in great unhurried circles it's always renewing
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How Radical Hospitality...
and a predictable, because it was cyclical, crime wave, we decided that rehabilitation no longer worked. In fact, our policymakers said that nothing worked for people like them. That is to say, the people that we lock away
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Magnus Larsson: Turning...
It is simple and complex. It is peaceful and violent. It is always the same, never the same, endlessly fascinating. One billion grains of sand come into existence in the world each second. That's a cyclical process.
Video examples
How African music...
Jonah's funk music funk is influenced a lot by jazz and jazz it's influenced by African music so it's cyclical some of my earliest memories of the music my dad and my mom used to play a lot of great
Video examples
Why should you read "One...
time moves in an almost cyclical manner. Many characters have similar names and features to their forebears, whose mistakes they often repeat. Strange prophecies and visits from mysterious gypsies
Video examples
How Helicopters Fly PIPE...
this research pilot is using a combination of collective pitch to descend and cyclic pitch to move forwards now for the perfect landing ah that wasn't important was it
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How I made friends with...
or undergo labor. So to me, the mindset that denies that, that denies that we're in sync with the biorhythms, the cyclical rhythms of the universe,
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East vs west -- the...
Two different mythologies. Which is right? Two different mythologies, two different ways of looking at the world. One linear, one cyclical.
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Janet Yellen
American Public Servant
A wide range of possible fiscal policy tools and approaches could enhance the cyclical stability of the economy. For example, steps could be taken to increase the effectiveness of the automatic stabilizers, and some economists have proposed that greater fiscal support could be usefully provided to state and local governments during recessions.
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Garth Risk Hallberg
American Author
One of the ways I stuck out was I was a very passionate reader. There was probably a cyclical nature to that; the more I felt like an outcast, the more I sought refuge in books, and the more I sought refuge in books, the more it made me not speak the same language as my peers.
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Louise Linton
Scottish Actress
I love the emotional symbolism of the eternity band as a wedding band. It's like wearing the infinity sign on your finger and represents the cyclical and enduring aspect of love.
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Brie Larson
American Actress
I've become more comfortable as time has gone on with saying goodbye because... I've been having so many conversations about the cyclical nature of life. It just keeps going.
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Carol Kane
American Actress
Life is very cyclical. And my career has been very-high-very-low, very-high-very-low, and I think it'll probably keep on rolling that way.
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Lauren Groff
American Novelist
I see history as really cyclical in terms of the intense idealism, and the desire to create a better life outside of societal norms.
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Laura Dern
American Actress
Everything's cyclical. Having been raised by actors, I watched their careers, and the challenge is to take time off.
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Robert Collier
American Author
All motion is cyclic. It circulates to the limits of its possibilities and then returns to its starting point.
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Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
The cyclic universe theory predicts no gravitational waves from the early universe.
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Estelle Parsons
American Actress
Getting work in theater has always been sort of cyclical.
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Janet Yellen
American Public Servant
A wide range of possible fiscal policy tools and approaches could enhance the cyclical stability of the economy. For example, steps could be taken to increase the effectiveness of the automatic stabilizers, and some economists have proposed that greater fiscal support could be usefully provided to state and local governments during recessions.
Quote examples
Garth Risk Hallberg
American Author
One of the ways I stuck out was I was a very passionate reader. There was probably a cyclical nature to that; the more I felt like an outcast, the more I sought refuge in books, and the more I sought refuge in books, the more it made me not speak the same language as my peers.
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Louise Linton
Scottish Actress
I love the emotional symbolism of the eternity band as a wedding band. It's like wearing the infinity sign on your finger and represents the cyclical and enduring aspect of love.
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Brie Larson
American Actress
I've become more comfortable as time has gone on with saying goodbye because... I've been having so many conversations about the cyclical nature of life. It just keeps going.
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Carol Kane
American Actress
Life is very cyclical. And my career has been very-high-very-low, very-high-very-low, and I think it'll probably keep on rolling that way.
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Lauren Groff
American Novelist
I see history as really cyclical in terms of the intense idealism, and the desire to create a better life outside of societal norms.
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Laura Dern
American Actress
Everything's cyclical. Having been raised by actors, I watched their careers, and the challenge is to take time off.
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Robert Collier
American Author
All motion is cyclic. It circulates to the limits of its possibilities and then returns to its starting point.
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Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
The cyclic universe theory predicts no gravitational waves from the early universe.
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Estelle Parsons
American Actress
Getting work in theater has always been sort of cyclical.
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