cyclo- |
cycle; circle; ring. [2 definitions] |
cycloid |
circular. [3 definitions] |
cyclometer |
an instrument used to measure segments of circles. [2 definitions] |
cyclone |
a large system of winds that rotates around a center of low barometric pressure, moving counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern, and usu. producing destructive storms. (Cf. anticyclone.) [2 definitions] |
cyclone fence |
a strong chain-link fence, usu. high and topped with barbed wire, used around military bases, prisons, and the like. |
cyclonite |
an insoluble, crystalline, nitrogen compound used as an explosive or as rat poison. |
Cyclopean |
of, concerning, or characteristic of the Cyclopes. [2 definitions] |
cyclopedia |
an encyclopedia. |
cyclophosphamide |
a chemotherapeutic drug that suppresses the immune system, used esp. in the treatment of lymphomas. |
Cyclops |
in Greek mythology, any of several giants having only one eye, in the middle of the forehead. [2 definitions] |
cyclorama |
a large composite picture put on the wall of a circular room to appear in a natural perspective to a person in the center of the room. [2 definitions] |
cyclotron |
a device for accelerating charged particles to very high energies in a spiral path using a fixed magnetic field and an alternating electric field. |
cygnet |
a young swan. |
Cygnus |
a summer constellation in the northern sky that is shaped like a cross, located between Cepheus and Aquila and containing the bright star Deneb and a double star; Swan; Northern Cross. |
cyl. |
abbreviation of "cylinder." |
cylinder |
in geometry, a surface or volume described by a straight line tracing a closed curve, esp. a circle, at a fixed angle, usu. a right angle, in two parallel planes. [5 definitions] |
cylinder head |
of the cylinder in an internal-combustion engine, the closed, often detachable end opposite to that from which the piston or connecting rod projects. |
cylindrical |
of, concerning, or in the shape of a cylinder. |
cymbal |
a concave circular percussion instrument of brass or bronze, played either in pairs that are struck together or singly with drumsticks or brushes. |
cymbidium |
any of various tropical Asiatic orchids that bear showy blossoms, usu. on long stalks. |
cyme |
a flower cluster that blooms from the center to the edges, and whose main stem is always topped by a flower. |