[ˈsɪklɪk], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- occurring in cycles; regularly repeated
(e.g: the cyclic pattern of the last two decades)

- relating to a circle or other closed curve

- (of a compound) having a molecular structure containing one or more closed rings of atoms
(e.g: a cyclic sulphonium salt)

- (of a flower) having its parts arranged in whorls


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Origin:
late 18th century: from French cyclique or Latin cyclicus, from Greek kuklikos, from kuklos ‘circle’