cycler
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Anything with a cyclic (repetitious) behaviour. Something that cycles between different states.
noun
An orbit that approaches two astronomical bodies on a regular basis.
noun
A person with bipolar disorder, often used when comparing the speed of mood swings.
noun
A device for performing dialysis; for mechanically purifying blood.
noun
Ellipsis of thermal cycler, a machine for creating multiple copies of DNA sequences.
Example Sentences
- "The battery cycler allows us to switch between batteries as each one runs out."
- "The Earth-Mars cyclers could potentially be used for transporting people between the two planets."
- "If we had more than one cycler then the length of time between the outbound and inbound journeys could be reduced to a few months."
- "My son's a fast cycler which is much harder for people to understand."
- "The only issue I have had with my cycler was when the cat started chewing on the connecting line."
- "We took samples from the tubes in the cycler at regular intervals"
Etymology
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.