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Cyclic

Alt. of Cyclical

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Similar meaning 22

Alternate 84% connected

Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.

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Alternate 84% connected

Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.

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Alternating 84% connected

of Alternate

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Alternating 84% connected

of Alternate

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Bicyclic 84% connected

Relating to bicycles.

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Bicyclic 84% connected

Relating to bicycles.

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Circular 84% connected

In the form of, or bounded by, a circle; round.

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Circular 84% connected

In the form of, or bounded by, a circle; round.

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Orbital 84% connected

Of or pertaining to an orbit.

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Orbital 84% connected

Of or pertaining to an orbit.

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Periodic 84% connected

Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HIO/) of iodine.

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Periodic 84% connected

Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HIO/) of iodine.

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Periodical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a period or periods, or to division by periods.

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Periodical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a period or periods, or to division by periods.

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Rotary 84% connected

Turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis; rotatory; as, rotary motion.

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Rotary 84% connected

Turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis; rotatory; as, rotary motion.

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Verticillate 84% connected

Alt. of Verticillated

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Verticillate 84% connected

Alt. of Verticillated

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Verticillated 84% connected

Arranged in a transverse whorl or whorls like the rays of a wheel; as, verticillate leaves of a plant; a verticillate shell.

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Verticillated 84% connected

Arranged in a transverse whorl or whorls like the rays of a wheel; as, verticillate leaves of a plant; a verticillate shell.

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Whorled 84% connected

Furnished with whorls; arranged in the form of a whorl or whorls; verticillate; as, whorled leaves.

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Whorled 84% connected

Furnished with whorls; arranged in the form of a whorl or whorls; verticillate; as, whorled leaves.

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Cycle 74% connected

An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.

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Cycle 74% connected

An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.

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Periodicity 66% connected

The quality or state of being periodical, or regularly recurrent; as, the periodicity in the vital phenomena of plants.

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Periodicity 66% connected

The quality or state of being periodical, or regularly recurrent; as, the periodicity in the vital phenomena of plants.

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Synonym 1

Cyclical 92% connected

Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles; as, cyclical time.

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