Something that happens in a pattern or repeats in a regular cycle, like the seasons changing year after year.
From Greek kyklos (circle) plus '-ic' (suffix meaning having the quality of). The word entered English in the 17th century from scientific and philosophical writings about recurring patterns.
Cyclic patterns are everywhere—from your sleep-wake cycle to the carbon cycle to business cycles—and discovering these patterns helped scientists predict everything from disease outbreaks to stock market crashes!
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