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Definition of cyclic adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cyclic

adjective
 
/ˈsaɪklɪk/,
 
/ˈsɪklɪk/
 
/ˈsaɪklɪk/,
 
/ˈsɪklɪk/
(also cyclical
 
/ˈsaɪklɪkl/,
 
/ˈsɪklɪkl/
 
/ˈsaɪklɪkl/,
 
/ˈsɪklɪkl/
)
[usually before noun]
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  1. repeated many times and always happening in the same order
    • the cyclic processes of nature
    • Economic activity often follows a cyclical pattern.
    Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French cyclique or Latin cyclicus, from Greek kuklikos, from kuklos ‘circle’.
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