Definition: recurring in cycles
Similar words: alternate, alternating
Definition: occurring by turns; first one and then the other
Usage: alternating feelings of love and hate
Similar words: alternate
Definition: every second one of a series
Usage: the cleaning lady comes on alternate Wednesdays; jam every other day- the White Queen
Similar words: rotary, orbitual, circular
Definition: describing a circle; moving in a circle
Usage: the circular motion of the wheel
Synonyms: cyclic
Definition: of a compound having atoms arranged in a ring structure
Similar words: bicyclic
Definition: having molecules consisting of two fused rings
Similar words: closed-chain, closed-ring
Definition: having atoms linked by bonds represented in circular or triangular form
Similar words: heterocyclic
Definition: containing a closed ring of atoms of which at least one is not a carbon atom
Similar words: homocyclic, isocyclic
Definition: containing a closed ring of atoms of the same kind especially carbon atoms
Synonyms: cyclic
Definition: forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl
Usage: cyclic petals; cyclic flowers
Similar words: verticillate, verticillated, whorled
Definition: forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem)
Synonyms: cyclic
Definition: marked by repeated cycles
Similar words: periodic, periodical
Definition: happening or recurring at regular intervals
Usage: the periodic appearance of the seventeen-year locust