| ADJECTIVE | pert | cyclic | conforming to the Carnot cycle |
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| all | cyclic | forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl | |
| all | cyclic | of a compound having atoms arranged in a ring structure | |
| all | cyclic, cyclical | recurring in cycles | |
| all | cyclic | marked by repeated cycles |
| Sounds | say'klihk | |
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| Rhymes | academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk... | |
| Meaning | conforming to the Carnot cycle. | |
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| Category | thermodynamics | The branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy |
| Spanish | cíclico | |
| Nouns | Carnot cycle | a cycle (of expansion and compression) of an idealized reversible heat engine that does work without loss of heat |
| Meaning | forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl. | |
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| Category | botany, phytology | The branch of biology that studies plants |
| Narrower | verticillate, verticillated, whorled | forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem) |
| Opposite | acyclic | not cyclic |
| Spanish | cíclico | |
| Meaning | Of a compound having atoms arranged in a ring structure. | |
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| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
| Narrower | bicyclic | Having molecules consisting of two fused rings |
| closed-chain, closed-ring | Having atoms linked by bonds represented in circular or triangular form | |
| heterocyclic | Containing a closed ring of atoms of which at least one is not a carbon atom | |
| homocyclic, isocyclic | Containing a closed ring of atoms of the same kind especially carbon atoms | |
| Opposite | acyclic, open-chain | Having an open chain structure |
| Spanish | cíclico | |
| Catalan | cíclic | |
| Meaning | recurring in cycles. | |
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| Synonym | cyclical | |
| Attribute of | cyclicity, periodicity | The quality of recurring at regular intervals |
| Narrower | alternate, alternating | Occurring by turns |
| alternate | Every second one of a series | |
| circular, rotary, orbitual | Describing a circle | |
| Opposite | noncyclic, noncyclical | not cyclic |
| Spanish | cíclico | |
| Nouns | cycle | a periodically repeated sequence of events |
| cycle | an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs | |
| cyclicity | the quality of recurring at regular intervals | |
| Meaning | marked by repeated cycles. | |
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| Broader | periodic, periodical | happening or recurring at regular intervals |
| Spanish | cíclico | |
| Catalan | cíclic | |
| Nouns | cycle | a periodically repeated sequence of events |
| cyclicity | the quality of recurring at regular intervals | |
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