multicyclic

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adjective

Having several cycles.

OriginEnglish cyclic ← Classical Latin cyclicus ← French cyclique →
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Meanings

adjectivemulticyclic (comparative more multicyclic, superlative most multicyclic)

comparative more multicyclic · superlative most multicyclic

  1. Having several cycles.
  2. chemistryHaving several rings of atoms; polycyclic.

    Another one of those complicated, multicyclic plant compounds, mogroside comes in several varieties (number 5 is pictured here).

    2014, Theodore Gray, photography by Nick Mann, Molecules: The Elements and the Architecture of Everything, 2018 Paperback Edition, page 171

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*moltos
  2. Latinmultus
  3. Latinmultī
  4. Middle Englishmulti-
  5. Englishmulti-
  6. Ancient Greekκυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)
  7. Classical Latincyclicu
  8. Middle Frenchcyclique
  9. Frenchcyclique
  10. Classical Latincyclicus
  11. Englishcyclic
  12. Englishmulticyclic

From multi- + cyclic.

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APA

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

MLA

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Chicago

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