cyclic

cy·clic (sik′lik, sī′klik)

adjective

of, or having the nature of, a cycle; moving or occurring in cycles
Chem. of or relating to a major group of organic compounds, structured in closed chains, including aromatic, alicyclic, and heterocyclic compounds

cy′·cli·cally adverb

Preposition: over

adoption: The cyclic over adoption is not restricted to two agents.

Modifying Another Word

not: In general, a direct sum code is not cyclic.
necessarily: The answer may involve a certain amount of trial and error, so exploration is necessarily cyclic.
only: The only cyclic but non-aromatic amino acid is proline.

Modifies a noun

voltammetry: It is possible to gain information about the chemical rate constant k EC by studying the reaction via cyclic voltammetry.
monophosphate: The signaling pathway of NO involves cyclic guanylate monophosphate ( cGMP ).
quadrilateral: In the poster competition, we had to make a poster and answer three questions on cyclic quadrilaterals.
amp: Early signaling events such as changes intracellular calcium and cyclic AMP are measured in support cells in response to hair cell damage or loss.
subgroup: Better: On the set of cyclic subgroups of prime power order.
peptide: In this case an NAMIDE record should precede the first amino-acid of the cyclic peptide, in the listing in the PDB input file.

Used with adjective complement

call: One of these chemical messengers is called cyclic GMP.
see: The use of resources should be seen as cyclic.
generalize: Tables of designs using the debased meaning of ` generalized cyclic ' .

Preposition: in

nature: Fascination with ancient Egypt has often been cyclic in nature like the seasons of the Nile.

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