The difference between Cyclic and Periodic
When used as adjectives, cyclic means characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals, whereas periodic means relative to a period or periods.
check bellow for the other definitions of Cyclic and Periodic
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Cyclic as an adjective:
Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals.
Examples:
"The weather had a cyclic pattern of rain and sun."
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Cyclic as an adjective (chemistry, of a compound):
Having chains of atoms arranged in a ring.
Examples:
"Benzene and cyclohexane are both cyclic compounds."
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Cyclic as an adjective (botany):
Having parts arranged in a whorl.
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Cyclic as an adjective (mathematics, of a group):
Being generated by only one element.
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Cyclic as an adjective (geometry, of a polygon):
Able to be inscribed in a circle.
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Periodic as an adjective:
Relative to a period or periods.
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Periodic as an adjective:
Having repeated cycles.
Examples:
"synonyms: cyclic"
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Periodic as an adjective:
Occurring at regular intervals.
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Periodic as an adjective:
Periodical.
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Periodic as an adjective (astronomy):
Pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit.
Examples:
"ant non-periodic"
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Periodic as an adjective (mathematics, stochastic processes, of a [[state]]):
For which any return to it must occur in multiples of k time steps, for some k>1.
Examples:
"ant aperiodic"
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Periodic as an adjective (rhetoric):
Having a structure characterized by periodic sentences.
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Periodic as an adjective:
Relating to the highest oxidation state of iodine; Of or derived from a periodic acid.