| Adj. | 1. | cyclic - conforming to the Carnot cyclethermodynamics - the branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy | |
| 2. | cyclic - botany; forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl; "cyclic petals"; "cyclic flowers"acyclic - botany; not cyclic; especially having parts arranged in spirals rather than whorls | |
| 3. | cyclic - of a compound having atoms arranged in a ring structurechemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions | |
| 4. | cyclic - recurring in cycles | |
| 5. | cyclic - marked by repeated cycles | |