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Cycler vs Cyclorama - What's the difference?

cycler | cyclorama |

As nouns the difference between cycler and cyclorama

is that cycler is anything with a cyclic (repetitious) behaviour something that s between different states or cycler can be (dated) cyclist while cyclorama is a display consisting of a continuous series of pictures placed on the walls of a circular room so as to appear in natural perspective by a person standing in the middle.

cycler

English

Etymology 1

From ;

Noun

(en noun)
  • Anything with a cyclic (repetitious) behaviour. Something that s between different states.
    • The battery cycler allows us to switch between batteries as each one runs out.
  • (astronomy) An orbit that approaches two astronomical bodies on a regular basis.
    • The Earth-Mars cycler s could potentially be used for transporting people between the two planets.
  • (by extension) A, usually man-made, object that follows such an orbit.
    • 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.
  • (psychology, euphemistic) a person with bipolar disorder, often used when comparing the speed of mood swings.
    • My son's a fast cycler which is much harder for people to understand.
  • (medicine) A device for performing dialysis; for mechanically purifying blood
    • The only issue I have had with my cycler was when the cat started chewing on the connecting line.
  • (biochemistry) a thermal cycler; a machine for creating multiple copies of DNA sequences.
    • We took samples from the tubes in the cycler at regular intervals
  • (computing) a task in a cycle of tasks where the status of being active task is passed around the loop.
    • 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)
  • (dated) cyclist
    • There is nothing more annoying than a rogue cycler ignoring the other road users.

    External links

    * ("cycler" on Wikipedia)

    cyclorama

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia cyclorama) (en noun)
  • A display consisting of a continuous series of pictures placed on the walls of a circular room so as to appear in natural perspective by a person standing in the middle.
  • A large curtain or wall, often concave, hung upstage, in a theatre.

    • Synonyms

    * diorama (1)