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Cyclical vs. Periodic — What's the Difference?

Cyclical vs. Periodic — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Cyclical and Periodic

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Cyclical

Of, relating to, or characterized by cycles
A cyclic pattern of weather changes.

Periodic

Appearing or occurring at intervals
The periodic visits she made to her father

Cyclical

Recurring or moving in cycles
Cyclical history.

Periodic

Relating to the periodic table of the elements.

Cyclical

(Chemistry) Of or relating to compounds having atoms arranged in a ring or closed-chain structure.
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Periodic

Relating to a rhetorical period.

Cyclical

Having parts arranged in a whorl.

Periodic

Having or marked by repeated cycles
Periodic oscillations.

Cyclical

Forming a whorl.

Periodic

Happening or appearing regularly or from time to time
Periodic dental checkups.
Periodic rain showers.

Cyclical

Recurring at regular intervals

Periodic

Characterized by periodic sentences.

Cyclical

Recurring in cycles

Periodic

Relative to a period or periods.

Periodic

Having repeated cycles.

Periodic

Occurring at regular intervals.

Periodic

Periodical.

Periodic

(astronomy) Pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit.

Periodic

For which any return to it must occur in multiples of k time steps, for some k>1.

Periodic

(rhetoric) Having a structure characterized by periodic sentences.

Periodic

Relating to the highest oxidation state of iodine; of or derived from a periodic acid.

Periodic

Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HIO ) of iodine.

Periodic

Of or pertaining to a period or periods, or to division by periods.
The periodicaltimes of all the satellites.

Periodic

Performed in a period, or regular revolution; proceeding in a series of successive circuits; as, the periodical motion of the planets round the sun.

Periodic

Happening, by revolution, at a stated time; returning regularly, after a certain period of time; acting, happening, or appearing, at fixed intervals; recurring; as, periodical epidemics.
The periodic return of a plant's flowering.
To influence opinion through the periodical press.

Periodic

Of or pertaining to a period; constituting a complete sentence.

Periodic

Happening or recurring at regular intervals

Periodic

Recurring at regular intervals

Periodic

Recurring or reappearing from time to time;
Periodic feelings of anxiety

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