Definition of Ciclic
{ Cyc"lic (s?k"l?k or s?"kl?k), Cyc"lic*al
(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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals
- The weather had a cyclic pattern of rain and sun
- (chemistry) Of a compound having chains of atoms arranged in a ring
- Benzene and cyclohexane are both cyclic compounds
- (botany) Having parts arranged in a whorl
- (mathematics) (of a group) being generated by only one element
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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