cyclic
/ˈsaɪ.klɪk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.16 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Firing at its full cyclic rate.
noun
The flight control used to control a helicopter's direction and rate of horizontal movement by tilting the lift vector of the helicopter's main rotor disk.
adj
Of or relating to the Ancient Greek Epic Cycle.
Example Sentences
- "The weather had a cyclic pattern of rain and sun."
- "Our recent article on the York-Knaresborough-Harrogate branch mentioned that the diesel multiple-units covering the passenger service did so in the course of complicated cyclic diagrams."
- "Benzene and cyclohexane are both cyclic compounds."
- "On it came, closer and closer, and as it did so it became clear that the pilot, if he was alive, had terminal intentions. Though the torpedo somehow missed, the plane itself did not. To those watching helplessly from other stations, the ship's antiaircraft gunners, in their final moments, were an inspiration: eyes focused through iron sights on the plane as it sped at them, weapons hot, going cyclic, hunched down and never flinching until the Betty struck high on the mainmast, killing them all."
- "Though Haubold avoids speculating on dates and mechanisms of transmission, his genre of cosmic history in Greece depends on the formation of a Hesiodic and Cyclic canon, not long before the sixth century."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Proto-Hellenic *kʷókʷlos Proto-Hellenic *kúklos Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek κυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)bor. Classical Latin cyclicuslbor. Middle French cyclique French cycliquebor. ▲ Classical Latin cyclicusbor. English cyclic From French cyclique or its etymon Classical Latin cyclicus, from Ancient Greek κυκλικός (kuklikós). By surface analysis, cycle + -ic. Piecewise doublet of chakric.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: cyclique, cyclicus, κυκλικός
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsaɪ.klɪk/
- British English: /ˈsaɪ.klɪk/