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Cyclical

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

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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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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

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Alternating 84% connected

of Alternate

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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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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.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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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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Cycle 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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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

Cyclic 92% connected

Alt. of Cyclical

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