Monocyclic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having a single cycle, as of activity or development.
  • adj. Biology Having a single whorl, as certain flowers and the shells of certain invertebrates.
  • adj. Chemistry Having a molecular structure with only one ring.
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  • adj. Having a single cycle of development or activity.
  • adj. Having a single ring of atoms in the molecule; such as benzene or cyclopropane.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Disposed in a single whorl or circular series, as the stamens in many flowers.
  • Of or pertaining to the Monocyclia.
  • In botany, living only one season; annual: opposed to dicyclic. See dicyclic, 3.
  • In electricity, pertaining to a single-phase alternating-current system of electric distribution, which utilizes an auxiliary electromotive force (the teaser electromotive force) out of phase with the main electromotive force, and wattless, that is, supplying no power or practically no power, but only wattless currents. See wattless.
  • Of or pertaining to a monocycle. See monocycle, 2.
  • A mechanical system within which only stationary movements in closed curves occur and between the portions of which only conservative forces are active.
  • See monocyclic, 4.
    • Word Usage
    "For a while Boltzmann worked on an application of this approach to Helmholtz's concept of monocyclic systems."
    Cross Reference
    monocyclic generator    monocyclic system   
     
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