cyclo

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(sē′klō, sī′-)

noun pl. cyclos

a three-wheeled passenger vehicle, as of SE Asia, which may be pedaled like a bicycle or be motorized

  1. of a circle or wheel, circular: cyclotron
  2. cyclic (sense ): cycloparaffin

Origin: < Gr kyklos, a circle: see wheel

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cyclo- or cycl-

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  1. Circle; cycle: cyclorama.
  2. A cyclic compound: cyclohexane.

Origin: Greek kuklo-, from kuklos, circle; see kwel-1 in Indo-European roots.

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