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Cyclic vs Valinomycin - What's the difference?

cyclic | valinomycin |

As an adjective cyclic

is characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals.

As a noun valinomycin is

valinomycin.

cyclic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals
    • The weather had a cyclic pattern of rain and sun.
  • (chemistry) Of a compound having chains of atoms arranged in a ring
    • Benzene and cyclohexane are both cyclic compounds.
  • (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

    • Derived terms

    * cyclic chorus * cyclic poet

    valinomycin

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia valinomycin) (-)
  • (medicine) An antibiotic, having a cyclic oligopeptide structure, derived from the actinomycete Streptomyces fulvissimus