endocyclic

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adjective

Within a cycle or ring

OriginEnglish cyclic ← Classical Latin cyclicus ← French cyclique →
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Meanings

adjectiveendocyclic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablechemistryWithin a cycle or ring
  2. not comparablebiologyPertaining to an endocycle

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥dóm
  2. Proto-Hellenic*éndon
  3. Ancient Greekἔνδον (éndon)
  4. Englishendo-
  5. Ancient Greekκυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)
  6. Classical Latincyclicu
  7. Middle Frenchcyclique
  8. Frenchcyclique
  9. Classical Latincyclicus
  10. Englishcyclic
  11. Englishendocyclic

From endo- + cyclic.

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Chicago

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