cyclotomy

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noun

surgical removal of the ciliary muscle

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Meanings

nouncyclotomy (countable and uncountable, plural cyclotomies)

plural cyclotomies

  1. countableuncountablemedicinesurgical removal of the ciliary muscle
  2. countableuncountablemathematicsthe historical problems of dividing the circle into a given number of equal segments, and of constructing regular polygons
  3. countableuncountablemathematicsthe analytical extraction of the complex roots of unity; a de Moivre number

Origin

From cyclo- + -tomy.

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APA

cyclotomy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclotomy

MLA

“cyclotomy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclotomy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cyclotomy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclotomy.

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