Cycler - What does it mean?
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Anything with a cyclic (repetitious) behaviour. Something that s between different states.
(astronomy) An orbit that approaches two astronomical bodies on a regular basis.
(by extension) A, usually man-made, object that follows such an orbit.
(psychology, euphemistic) a person with bipolar disorder, often used when comparing the speed of mood swings.
(medicine) A device for performing dialysis; for mechanically purifying blood
(biochemistry) a thermal cycler; a machine for creating multiple copies of DNA sequences.
(computing) a task in a cycle of tasks where the status of being active task is passed around the loop.
(dated) cyclist
cycler
English
Etymology 1
From ;Noun
(en noun)- The battery cycler allows us to switch between batteries as each one runs out.
- The Earth-Mars cycler s could potentially be used for transporting people between the two planets.
- If we had more than one cycler then the length of time between the outbound and inbound journeys could be reduced to a few months.
- My son's a fast cycler which is much harder for people to understand.
- The only issue I have had with my cycler was when the cat started chewing on the connecting line.
- We took samples from the tubes in the cycler at regular intervals
- When the last cycler has run for 200ms we pass control back to the first one and begin again.
Etymology 2
From ; someone that uses a cycle (or bicycle)Noun
(en noun)- There is nothing more annoying than a rogue cycler ignoring the other road users.