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hypercyclic

hypercyclic adjective: of or relating to hypercycles.

Adjective

hypercyclic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to hypercycles.
    • Hence the regular polygon ABCD ... can either be a convex n-gon, a star n-gon, a horocylic apeirogon or a hypercyclic apeirogon.1984, Coxeter-Festschrift [Mitteilungen aus dem Mathem[atisches] Seminar Giessen], Giessen: Gießen Mathematischen Institut, Justus Liebig-Universität Gießen, page 247

Origin of hypercyclic

From hyper- + cyclic.

Questions about hypercyclic

What does hypercyclic mean?
Hypercyclic means of or relating to hypercycles.
What part of speech is hypercyclic?
Hypercyclic is an adjective.

Words near hypercyclic in the dictionary

  1. hypercusp
  2. hypercusps
  3. hypercyanotic
  4. hypercycle
  5. hypercycles
  6. hypercyclic
  7. hypercyclicity
  8. hypercyclopean
  9. hypercylinder
  10. hypercylinders
  11. hypercylindrical

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