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1. Conforming to the Carnot cycle
    
2. Forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl
   "cyclic petals"; "cyclic flowers"
    
3. Of a compound having atoms arranged in a ring structure
    
4. Recurring in cycles
   - cyclical
    
5. Marked by repeated cycles

See also: alternate, alternating, bicyclic, Carnot cycle, circular, closed-chain, closed-ring, cycle, cyclicity, heterocyclic, homocyclic, isocyclic, orbitual, periodic, periodical, periodicity, rotary, verticillate, verticillated, whorled

Antonym: acyclic, noncyclic

Encyclopedia: Cyclic