Cyclic vs Circulation - What's the difference?
cyclic | circulation |
Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals
(chemistry) Of a compound having chains of atoms arranged in a ring
(botany) Having parts arranged in a whorl
(mathematics, of a group) being generated by only one element
(geometry, of a polygon) able to be inscribed in a circle
(senseid)The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.
The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission.
Currency; circulating coin; notes, bills, etc., current for coin.
The extent to which anything circulates or is circulated; the measure of diffusion; as, the circulation of a newspaper.
(senseid)The movement of the blood in the blood-vascular system, by which it is brought into close relations with almost every living elementary constituent. Also the movement of the sap in the vessels and tissues of plants.
As an adjective cyclic
is characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals.As a noun circulation is
(senseid)the act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.cyclic
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The weather had a cyclic pattern of rain and sun.
- Benzene and cyclohexane are both cyclic compounds.