- revolving or recurring in cycles; characterized by recurrence in cycles.
- of, relating to, or constituting a cycle or cycles.
- of or relating to a compound that contains a closed chain or ring of atoms (contrasted with acyclic).
- Botany.
- arranged in whorls, as the parts of a flower.
- (of a flower) having the parts so arranged.
- Mathematics.
- pertaining to an algebraic system in which all the elements of a group are powers of one element.
- (of a set of elements) arranged as if on a circle, so that the first element follows the last.
- recurring or revolving in cycles
- (of an organic compound) containing a closed saturated or unsaturated ring of atoms
- botany
- arranged in whorls
- having parts arranged in this way
- of or relating to a musical form consisting of several movements sharing thematic material
- (of a polygon) having vertices that lie on a circle
- (in generative grammar) denoting one of a set of transformational rules all of which must apply to a clause before any one of them applies to any clause in which the first clause is embedded
