dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/cyc_MW.json
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"Cycloidei":{
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"definitions":{
": a group of fishes including those with cycloid scales (as most teleosts)":[]
},
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"New Latin, from cycl- + -oidei":""
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"s\u012b\u02c8kl\u022fid\u0113\u02cc\u012b"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131939",
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"plural noun"
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"Cyclomyaria":{
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"definitions":{
": a suborder of Thaliacea comprising tunicates with a barrel-shaped body \u2014 compare doliolum":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from cycl- + -myaria":""
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"adverb",
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"verb"
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": an interval of time during which a sequence of a recurring succession of events or phenomena is completed":[
"a 4-year cycle of growth and development"
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": a course or series of events or operations that recur regularly and usually lead back to the starting point":[
"\u2026 the common cycle of birth, growth, senescence, and death.",
"\u2014 T. C. Schneirla and Gerard Piel"
],
": one complete performance of a vibration, electric oscillation, current alternation, or other periodic process":[],
": a permutation of a set of ordered elements in which each element takes the place of the next and the last becomes first":[],
": a takeoff and landing of an airplane":[],
": a circular or spiral arrangement: such as":[],
": an imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens":[],
": ring sense 10":[],
": a long period of time : age":[],
": a group of creative works (such as poems, plays, or songs) treating the same theme":[
"a cycle of poems about unrequited love"
],
": a series of narratives dealing typically with the exploits of a legendary hero":[
"the Arthurian cycle"
],
": bicycle":[],
": tricycle":[],
": motorcycle":[],
": the series of a single, double, triple, and home run hit in any order by one player during one baseball game":[],
": to pass through a cycle":[
"The menu cycles through all the options.",
"Because the traditional HVAC system cycles on and off\u2014and is powered down when you leave\u2014relief is inconsistent at best.",
"\u2014 Sarah Littleton"
],
": to recur in cycles":[
"Freezing temperatures \u2026 aren't the problem. It's when temperatures cycle between freezing and thaws, causing pavement to contract and expand \u2026 that can create larger issues.",
"\u2014 Jonathan Oosting"
],
": to cause to go through a cycle":[
"The fact that it [the pump] runs constantly may be a bad sign. It may be cycling the water, not removing it.",
"\u2014 Popular Mechanics",
"Everything is constantly cycled in nature. There is abundant waste in nature, just as there is in industry, but in nature waste constantly flows back into living systems.",
"\u2014 Paul Hawken and William McDonough"
]
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u012b-k\u0259l"
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"circle",
"merry-go-round",
"round",
"wheel",
"zodiac"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"We have to wait for the dishwasher's wash and dry cycles to end.",
"the spin cycle on a washing machine",
"He rode his cycle into town.",
"Verb",
"The water is cycled back into the system after it has been used.",
"The water cycles back into the system.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The chances of conceiving from a single IVF cycle are around 30%. \u2014 Ganes Kesari, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"The bridge is about 10 feet above the water, depending on the tide cycle , and the water is about 7 to 10 feet deep, according to Captain Chris Adams of the Centerville-Osterville-Marstons Mills fire department. \u2014 Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com , 30 June 2022",
"On Wednesday, however, the saga around his offseason free agency, departure from the Braves and apparent split from his agents continued to dominate baseball\u2019s news cycle . \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 29 June 2022",
"Launched in 2008, Shein has become a favorite of Gen Z in recent years for its responsiveness to the ever-churning trend cycle and shockingly low prices. \u2014 Rory Satran, WSJ , 29 June 2022",
"The whirlwinds last only moments, and their trails remain for mere weeks, or months, as new dust storms blow in to erase them, and the cycle begins again. \u2014 Alan Taylor, The Atlantic , 29 June 2022",
"There are others: Some caused by further changes to systems introduced last election cycle because of the pandemic, others resulting from new political boundary maps at the federal, state and county levels as a result of the U.S. Census. \u2014 Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun , 28 June 2022",
"That pandemic abated in the early 1820s, but a new cholera cycle began in 1826. \u2014 Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"The new structure will be a 3-5-5 format, meaning teams will have three primary opponents each year and play 10 other ACC teams twice during a four-year cycle . \u2014 Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal , 28 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Leclerc started from pole, immediately lost the lead in the first corner to Sergio P\u00e9rez, then used smart strategy to cycle his Ferrari back to the front. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
"In many ways, the child welfare system isn\u2019t set up well to deal with families that cycle through investigations, often for neglect. \u2014 Molly Parker, ProPublica , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The opposing flows lead to the formation of other complicated currents that cycle up and down. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Without access to outpatient care, the sickest kids often cycle in and out of hospital beds, where providers focus on treating their most acute symptoms, not on addressing long-term behavioral problems. \u2014 ProPublica , 9 June 2022",
"Many other trainees would cycle through the project in the years-long process of forming Blackpink, but somehow, fortuitously, the final four members were assigned to the same dorm in those early days. \u2014 Haeryun Kang, Rolling Stone , 23 May 2022",
"First, the keyboard doubles as a trackpad of sorts\u2014swiping your thumb across the keyboard will cycle through the homescreen or scroll through articles. \u2014 Ben Sin, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"Barnes will cycle to Juneau after taking a ferry from Canada. \u2014 Fox News , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Aspiring shock jocks can cycle through playlists and accept calls from others on the platform. \u2014 Boone Ashworth, Wired , 12 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English cicle , from Late Latin cyclus , from Greek kyklos circle, wheel, cycle \u2014 more at wheel":"Noun and Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1842, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183159"
},
"cyclolith":{
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"definitions":{
": cromlech sense 2":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"cycl- + -lith ; translation of Welsh cromlech":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184057",
"type":[
"noun"
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"cyclolysis":{
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"definitions":{
": the process of decay of a cyclone":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from cyclo- (from English cyclone ) + -lysis":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"s\u012b\u02c8kl\u00e4l\u0259s\u0259\u0307s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105248",
"type":[
"noun"
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"cyclometer":{
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"definitions":{
": a device made for recording the revolutions of a wheel and often used for registering distance traversed by a wheeled vehicle":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1880, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"s\u012b-\u02c8kl\u00e4-m\u0259-t\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234756",
"type":[
"noun"
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"cyclomorphic":{
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"definitions":{
": exhibiting cyclomorphosis":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"cycl- + -morphic":""
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"type":[
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"cyclomorphosis":{
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"definitions":{
": cyclically recurrent polymorphism occurring especially in marine planktonic animals possibly in response to seasonal changes in environmental salinity":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from cycl- + -morphosis":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043616",
"type":[
"noun"
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"cyclone":{
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": a storm or system of winds that rotates about a center of low atmospheric pressure, advances at a speed of 20 to 30 miles (about 30 to 50 kilometers) an hour, and often brings heavy rain":[],
": any of various centrifugal devices for separating materials (such as solid particles from gases)":[],
": low entry 2 sense 1b":[],
": tornado":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Bomb cyclone is a term given to a rapidly strengthening storm that fulfills one important criterion. \u2014 Brandon Miller, CNN , 28 Jan. 2022",
"The cyclone hit a month before parliamentary elections. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Strong winds and snow are in store for the Northeast as the cyclone reaches hurricane-level strength off the Atlantic coast. \u2014 Aya Elamroussi, CNN , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Cyclogenesis describes the formation of a cyclone or storm. \u2014 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Satellite view of the developing bomb cyclone and extreme atmospheric river, being pushed east by a powerful Pacific jet extension. \u2014 Ricardo Cano, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 Oct. 2021",
"Potent 'bomb cyclone ' to lash Northeast this weekend with heavy snow, howling winds. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Those preconceptions simply stand no chance, however, in the face of the human cyclone that is McClure. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
"This coming week, expedition leaders will be watching the progress of the climbing teams and monitoring the looming cyclone with equal interest. \u2014 Ben Ayers, Outside Online , 7 May 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1848, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"modification of Greek kykl\u014dma wheel, coil, from kykloun to go around, from kyklos circle":"Noun"
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"\u02c8s\u012b-\u02cckl\u014dn"
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"cyclonic":{
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": a storm or system of winds that rotates about a center of low atmospheric pressure, advances at a speed of 20 to 30 miles (about 30 to 50 kilometers) an hour, and often brings heavy rain":[],
": any of various centrifugal devices for separating materials (such as solid particles from gases)":[],
": low entry 2 sense 1b":[],
": tornado":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Bomb cyclone is a term given to a rapidly strengthening storm that fulfills one important criterion. \u2014 Brandon Miller, CNN , 28 Jan. 2022",
"The cyclone hit a month before parliamentary elections. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Strong winds and snow are in store for the Northeast as the cyclone reaches hurricane-level strength off the Atlantic coast. \u2014 Aya Elamroussi, CNN , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Cyclogenesis describes the formation of a cyclone or storm. \u2014 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Satellite view of the developing bomb cyclone and extreme atmospheric river, being pushed east by a powerful Pacific jet extension. \u2014 Ricardo Cano, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 Oct. 2021",
"Potent 'bomb cyclone ' to lash Northeast this weekend with heavy snow, howling winds. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Those preconceptions simply stand no chance, however, in the face of the human cyclone that is McClure. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
"This coming week, expedition leaders will be watching the progress of the climbing teams and monitoring the looming cyclone with equal interest. \u2014 Ben Ayers, Outside Online , 7 May 2022"
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"1848, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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"modification of Greek kykl\u014dma wheel, coil, from kykloun to go around, from kyklos circle":"Noun"
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"type":[
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"noun",
"trademark"
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"cyclopean":{
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"bitty",
"diminutive",
"infinitesimal",
"Lilliputian",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"midget",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pocket",
"pygmy",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee"
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"definitions":{
": huge , massive":[],
": of or relating to a style of stone construction marked typically by the use of large irregular blocks without mortar":[],
": of, relating to, or characteristic of a Cyclops":[]
},
"examples":[
"a cyclopean granite statue that the dictator himself had commissioned",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Rachmaninoff\u2019s humbling presence, re-encountered, is gigantic, cyclopean . \u2014 Joseph Horowitz, WSJ , 17 Sep. 2018",
"Vividly monumental aggregates of cyclopean arches, inverted pyramids, louvered domes, layered patterns and saturated colors\u2014this is not the rigidly principled modernism of Le Corbusier or the inviolate geometry of Louis Kahn. \u2014 Julie V. Iovine, WSJ , 22 Feb. 2017",
"Of course, the short, goggled and sometimes cyclopean minions are on hand, engaging in a prison food fight and dancing in a cancan-like production number. Innocuous pandemonium ensues in candy colors. \u2014 Andy Webster, New York Times , 29 June 2017",
"Iran, Syria, Mali, Somalia, Eritrea, Iraq\u2014in a Cyclopean cellar wrapped in near-total darkness. \u2014 Ali Arkady, Smithsonian , 2 May 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1582, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"s\u012b-\u02c8kl\u014d-p\u0113-",
"\u02ccs\u012b-kl\u0259-\u02c8p\u0113-\u0259n"
],
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"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"Brobdingnagian",
"bumper",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
"gigantesque",
"gigantic",
"grand",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Himalayan",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"mega",
"mighty",
"monster",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"oceanic",
"pharaonic",
"planetary",
"prodigious",
"super",
"super-duper",
"supersize",
"supersized",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"vasty",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whopping"
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"cyclopedic":{
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"definitions":{
": encyclopedia":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Zach writes that Ohio saw its first spike and Ukrainian immigration and the mid 1880s that\u2019s according to case Western reserve university\u2019s and cyclopedia of Cleveland history. \u2014 Leila Atassi, cleveland , 25 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1728, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccs\u012b-kl\u0259-\u02c8p\u0113-d\u0113-\u0259"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170923",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"cycle billing":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a system of billing in which a proportionate fraction of the customers of an organization are billed on each working day of the month to equalize the work involved":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183320"
},
"cyclecar":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small 3-wheeled or 4-wheeled motor-driven vehicle":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sik-"
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"synonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"motor cycle + car":""
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-194451"
},
"cyclist":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one who rides a cycle":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u012b-kl\u0259st",
"\u02c8s\u012b-k(\u0259-)l\u0259st"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Armstrong is accused of murdering Wilson, a top cyclist , on the night of May 11, 2022, in Austin, Texas. \u2014 Stephanie Pagones, Fox News , 23 June 2022",
"In March, a cyclist hit a vehicle operated by Cruise from behind while both were traveling downhill on a street in San Francisco. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"The 30-year-old Salvadoran cyclist had been on a cross-continent bike journey with her partner, Jake, for almost a year. \u2014 Jessica Diaz-hurtado, refinery29.com , 3 June 2022",
"An 18-year-old cyclist was killed Wednesday afternoon after a collision with a vehicle in the North Bethesda area, Montgomery County police said. \u2014 Clarence Williams, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
"On April 27, 2021, multiple witnesses reported that a white pickup truck struck a cyclist and then left the scene without stopping at the intersection of North Gregg Avenue and West Township Street, according to a report from the police department. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 25 May 2022",
"Authorities are searching for a woman accused of fatally shooting a cyclist in Austin last week. \u2014 Camille C. Knox, CBS News , 21 May 2022",
"The cyclist was found dead in the street about 1:30 p.m. near Northeast 100th Avenue and Glisan Street in the Hazelwood neighborhood, police said. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 June 2022",
"The Subaru car failed to provide any detection alert or initiate any braking in response to the cyclist on the crossing. \u2014 Carlton Reid, Forbes , 16 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1882, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-211246"
},
"cyclo-cross":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the sport of racing bicycles over rough terrain that usually requires carrying the bicycle over obstacles":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-kl\u014d-",
"\u02c8s\u012b-kl\u0259-\u02cckr\u022fs"
],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from cyclo + cross -country (from English)":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1953, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-213715"
},
"cyclodehydration":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": cyclization involving chemical dehydration":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"cycl- + dehydration":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215107"
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"cyclic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or being a cycle":[],
": moving in cycles":[
"cyclic time"
],
": of, relating to, or being a chemical compound containing a ring of atoms":[],
": being a mathematical group that has an element such that every element of the group can be expressed as one of its powers":[],
": a helicopter control that governs horizontal thrust by adjusting the pitch of individual rotor blades during their rotation":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u012b-klik",
"also \u02c8si-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"cyclic changes in the weather",
"the cyclical nature of history",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Considering the limitations and possible side effects of administering cyclic dinucleotides, only a few useful agonists have been identified. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The way mainstream women\u2019s movements continue to unfold is cyclic . \u2014 Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes , 20 Mar. 2022",
"The changes allowed Chin and his colleagues to string the new amino acids together in a series of cyclic structures that closely resemble existing antibiotics and antitumor drugs. \u2014 Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS , 3 June 2021",
"Follow a cyclic morning routine, for example, that covers simple tasks such as your wake-up time, brushing teeth, bathing, breakfast, etc. \u2014 Ankit Mehta, Forbes , 10 May 2021",
"While Montano's illness has consisted of a similar set of cyclic symptoms, Schiavo's has been one of constant surprises. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2020",
"Aera Energy withdraws plans to significantly expand cyclic steam injection operations in Santa Barbara County. \u2014 Arlene Martinez, USA TODAY , 29 May 2020",
"Hinduism and Buddhism, for example, adopted a cyclic view of time that suggested the eventual return of the world to its former state; nothing is permanent, and even death is merely a passage to rebirth and renewal. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 5 May 2020",
"Beyond that, the system detects breathing/respiratory signals by detecting cyclic movements of the chest. \u2014 Dinsa Sachan, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 Apr. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"These cyclic dinucleotides are the second messengers that activate STING. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Cyclopropenylidene is the second cyclic or closed-loop molecule detected at Titan; the first was benzene in 2003. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 28 Oct. 2020",
"However, the moratorium only covers new permits for high-pressure cyclic steaming and does not affect oil companies with existing permits. \u2014 Winston Gieseke, USA TODAY , 24 Sep. 2020",
"Finally, the cyclic permits me to push the helicopter sideways to the left or right, or move forward or backwards. \u2014 Rob Verger, Popular Science , 5 Nov. 2019",
"The 11-year-old has a rare blood disease called chronic cyclic neutropenia, which causes her white cell count to drop dramatically low every three months. \u2014 Suzanne Malveaux, CNN , 25 Apr. 2020"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1794, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1963, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-225808"
},
"cyclic amp":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a cyclic mononucleotide of adenosine that is formed from ATP and is responsible for the intracellular mediation of hormonal effects on various cellular processes":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1955, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-230014"
},
"cyclin":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of a group of proteins active in controlling the cell cycle and in initiating DNA synthesis":[]
},
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"\u02c8sik-l\u0259n",
"\u02c8s\u012b-kl\u0259n",
"\u02c8si-"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This drug, eFT226, blocks translation of certain oncogenes, including MYC, BCL2, cyclin D1 and CDKs 4/6. \u2014 Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com , 24 July 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1983, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-000641"
},
"cyclic GMP":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a cyclic mononucleotide of guanosine that acts similarly to cyclic AMP as a secondary messenger in response to hormones":[]
},
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"-\u02ccj\u0113-\u02ccem-\u02c8p\u0113",
"-\u02ccj\u0113-(\u02cc)em-\u02c8p\u0113"
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"g uanosine + m on- + p hosphate":""
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"1969, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Graves won his first term with the backing of the Ku Klux Klan and was grand cyclops of the Klan in Montgomery, according to the Encyclopedia of Alabama. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Splayed glowing falcon wings, neon changshans, gold chrome cyclops sunglasses and Tron-looking black leggings with electric blue panels; the metaverse dress code was futuristic chaos, and suddenly my freebie tiara wasn't cutting it. \u2014 Leah Dolan, CNN , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The decision to honor Foster alongside a one-time KKK grand cyclops was criticized harshly by some. \u2014 NBC News , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Ten years ago, Iris design agency produced two silver cyclops extra-terrestrials to usher in the London Games. \u2014 Leah Dolan, CNN , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Stupendous, Tyrannis\u2019 half-sister, daughter of Deliria and a cyclops . \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 8 Sep. 2021",
"Costanzo played Galatea, Snouffer appeared as Aci and Tines played Polifemo, the monstrous (and monstrously jealous) cyclops . \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Aug. 2021",
"In the book, cyclopes deal with being perceived as overly submissive, the lack of cyclops representation in Hollywood movies and worries about whether mixed children will have one eye or two. \u2014 Robert Ito, Star Tribune , 30 May 2021",
"One cyclops goes to a cosmetic surgeon to get two eyes \u2014 a nod, Dhaliwal said, to double-eyelid surgeries targeted at Asians. \u2014 Robert Ito, Star Tribune , 30 May 2021"
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"Latin, from Greek Kykl\u014dps , from kykl- cycl- + \u014dps eye":""
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"\u2014 Paul Hawken and William McDonough"
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"The water is cycled back into the system after it has been used.",
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"The chances of conceiving from a single IVF cycle are around 30%. \u2014 Ganes Kesari, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"The bridge is about 10 feet above the water, depending on the tide cycle , and the water is about 7 to 10 feet deep, according to Captain Chris Adams of the Centerville-Osterville-Marstons Mills fire department. \u2014 Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com , 30 June 2022",
"On Wednesday, however, the saga around his offseason free agency, departure from the Braves and apparent split from his agents continued to dominate baseball\u2019s news cycle . \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 29 June 2022",
"Launched in 2008, Shein has become a favorite of Gen Z in recent years for its responsiveness to the ever-churning trend cycle and shockingly low prices. \u2014 Rory Satran, WSJ , 29 June 2022",
"The whirlwinds last only moments, and their trails remain for mere weeks, or months, as new dust storms blow in to erase them, and the cycle begins again. \u2014 Alan Taylor, The Atlantic , 29 June 2022",
"There are others: Some caused by further changes to systems introduced last election cycle because of the pandemic, others resulting from new political boundary maps at the federal, state and county levels as a result of the U.S. Census. \u2014 Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun , 28 June 2022",
"That pandemic abated in the early 1820s, but a new cholera cycle began in 1826. \u2014 Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"The new structure will be a 3-5-5 format, meaning teams will have three primary opponents each year and play 10 other ACC teams twice during a four-year cycle . \u2014 Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal , 28 June 2022",
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"Leclerc started from pole, immediately lost the lead in the first corner to Sergio P\u00e9rez, then used smart strategy to cycle his Ferrari back to the front. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
"In many ways, the child welfare system isn\u2019t set up well to deal with families that cycle through investigations, often for neglect. \u2014 Molly Parker, ProPublica , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The opposing flows lead to the formation of other complicated currents that cycle up and down. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Without access to outpatient care, the sickest kids often cycle in and out of hospital beds, where providers focus on treating their most acute symptoms, not on addressing long-term behavioral problems. \u2014 ProPublica , 9 June 2022",
"Many other trainees would cycle through the project in the years-long process of forming Blackpink, but somehow, fortuitously, the final four members were assigned to the same dorm in those early days. \u2014 Haeryun Kang, Rolling Stone , 23 May 2022",
"First, the keyboard doubles as a trackpad of sorts\u2014swiping your thumb across the keyboard will cycle through the homescreen or scroll through articles. \u2014 Ben Sin, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"Barnes will cycle to Juneau after taking a ferry from Canada. \u2014 Fox News , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Aspiring shock jocks can cycle through playlists and accept calls from others on the platform. \u2014 Boone Ashworth, Wired , 12 Mar. 2022"
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": an alicyclic polyhydroxy compound (such as inositol)":[]
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"\u02c8s\u012b-kl\u0259-\u02cct\u022fl"
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": a family of scorpaenid fishes having the pelvic fins absent or united and modified into a sucking disk \u2014 compare lumpfish":[]
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": a powerful high explosive consisting of colorless crystals of symmetrical hexahydro-trinitro-triazine used especially in detonators, bombs, and shells":[]
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"definitions":{
": an analgesic drug C 18 H 25 NO that inhibits the effect of morphine and related addictive drugs and is used in the treatment of drug addiction":[]
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"s\u012b-\u02c8kla-z\u0259-\u02ccs\u0113n",
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"cycl- + azocine (C 7 H 7 N), probably from az- + oc ta- + -ine entry 2":""
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": rubber obtained in the form of a white powder or of chips by cyclization usually in the presence of a catalyst (such as stannic chloride) and used chiefly in making adhesives, coatings for paper, printing ink, and paint":[]
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"\u02ccs\u012b-kl\u0259-\u02c8ra-m\u0259",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The video design by Luke Halls creates a poetic cyclorama of sea and skyline that conjures history in black-and-white imagery and occasionally summons the nightmares of its characters in gory color. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 Mar. 2022",
"The evening opened with several of the company\u2019s men sliding in and out of lunges and wide fourth positions, silhouetted by an orangy glow on the cyclorama (thanks to Harrison Pearse Burke\u2019s nimble lighting). \u2014 Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Located in the Buckhead neighborhood, the Atlanta History Center has a mix of indoor and outdoor exhibits, from the 1928 Swan House to a cyclorama depicting the Battle of Atlanta. Visit the National Center for Civil and Human Rights. \u2014 Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure , 23 Jan. 2022",
"The centerpiece of the show, which occupies the Armory\u2019s 55,000-square-foot Wade Thompson Drill Hall, is a towering cyclorama in which the seven-part video work Conditions (2021) plays. \u2014 Marley Marius, Vogue , 3 Dec. 2021",
"An adjacent, interactive touch-screen provides information on what today occupies the scenes in the replica cyclorama . \u2014 New York Times , 19 Oct. 2021",
"One of the most interesting items is a modern photographic replica of the study for the 47-foot by 380-foot cyclorama of the fire made in 1892 for the 1893 World\u2019s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Oct. 2021",
"The set designer, Es Devlin, puts a huge cyclorama behind the glass office, a curving video-screen that shows us black-and-white images \u2014 a misty cotton field when the Lehmans are in Alabama, a changing New York skyline for the move north. \u2014 Helen Shaw, Vulture , 14 Oct. 2021",
"In one corner of the studio, half of a life-size sailboat was mounted ten feet high on a gimbal, a mechanism that would toss and turn the boat like a mechanical bull, while a cyclorama projected a tempestuous curved backdrop around it. \u2014 Richard Brod, The New Yorker , 11 Aug. 2021"
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"type":[
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": an enzyme (such as adenylate cyclase) that catalyzes cyclization of a compound":[]
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"-\u02cckl\u0101z",
"\u02c8s\u012b-\u02cckl\u0101s, -\u02cckl\u0101z",
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"1946, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-094124"
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"noun"
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
": a 3-wheeled often motor-driven taxi":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even though the hotel had already been serving gold steaks, the recent publicity inspired the restaurant's rebranding, said Duong, a Vietnam War veteran and former cyclo taxi driver who made his fortune in construction and property. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Get to know this buzzing metropolis\u2014still commonly referred to as Saigon\u2014on a cyclo tour. \u2014 National Geographic , 12 June 2019",
"Loaded with water and potassium and low in sodium, cucumbers also inhibit the production of nitric acid production and inflammatory enzymes like cyclo -oxygenase 2 (COX-2), which helps them reduce swelling. \u2014 Stephanie Feuer, Good Housekeeping , 5 Sep. 2017",
"The riders took off from behind the First United Methodist Church on Jazz Alley between J Street and 21st Street, some on mountain bikes and some on cyclo -cross bikes. \u2014 Emily Zentner, sacbee , 20 Oct. 2017",
"A cyclo ride to the Old Quarter takes you to the final stop of the day, an old home for a special Cheo musical performance. \u2014 Antonia Neubauer, Town & Country , 5 Oct. 2016",
"Segal said a community has coalesced around short track, partially because the relative ease of joining but also being accessible to other forms of biking such as cyclo -cross and off-road racing. \u2014 Andrew Henderson, The Courier-Journal , 13 July 2017",
"A cyclo (bicycle taxi) with a lipstick-red hood, custom-made in Vietnam, sits in the window, and a mural of a woman who looks suspiciously like Ms. Vo greets guests wearing non la, the classic conical hat. \u2014 Ligaya Mishan, New York Times , 13 July 2017",
"This titanium beauty backs up its looks with grace as the best-handling cyclo on all terrains. \u2014 Mark Mcclusky, WIRED , 27 June 2008"
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"French, bicycle, moped, from cyclo- (as in cyclomoteur moped), from cycle 2- or 3-wheeled vehicle":""
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"1964, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-110110"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a pungent saturated cyclic hydrocarbon C 6 H 12 found in petroleum or made synthetically and used chiefly as a solvent and in organic synthesis":[]
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"\u02ccs\u012b-kl\u014d-\u02c8hek-\u02ccs\u0101n",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The existing Flint Hills plant produces common building blocks of plastic, ethylene and propylene as well as the chemical cyclohexane . \u2014 Marissa Luck, Houston Chronicle , 19 Aug. 2019"
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"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
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"1892, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a hydrocarbon containing a ring having one or more double bonds":[]
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"circa 1929, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-154611"
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"definitions":{
": an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of arachidonic acid to prostaglandins and that has two isoforms of which one is involved in the creation of prostaglandins which mediate inflammation and pain":[]
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"-\u00e4k-\u02c8sij-\u0259-",
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"1974, in the meaning defined above":""
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": the chorus that sang and danced to the dithyrambic odes round the alter of Dionysus in ancient Greece":[]
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": a mathematical function that changes in value by an additive constant whenever its variable arguments pass continuously through a cycle of values":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-164530"
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": the stereographic projection of such an intersection":[],
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
": a cyclic mononucleotide of adenosine that is formed from ATP and is responsible for the intracellular mediation of hormonal effects on various cellular processes":[]
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": sodium chloride and other soluble salts carried inland by wind from a body of salt water and ultimately returned to the sea by rivers":[]
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": a liquid unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon C 8 H 8 that resembles benzene in its cyclic completely conjugated structure but is much more reactive than benzene and is usually made by catalytic polymerization of acetylene under pressure":[]
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"1835, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014514"
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": a class of polymeric silicates sometimes considered a subclass of sorosilicates in which the silicon-oxygen tetrahedral groups are linked by sharing oxygen atoms so as to form rings containing 3, 4, or 6 silicon atoms and 9, 12, or 18 oxygen atoms respectively (as in benitoite or beryl)":[
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014742"
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": a saturated cyclic hydrocarbon of the formula C n H 2 n":[]
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