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bicyclic

or bi·cy·cli·cal

[bahy-sahy-klik, -sik-lik or bahy-sahy-kli-kuh l, -sik-li-kuh l]
adjective
  1. consisting of or having two cycles or circles.
  2. Botany. in two whorls, as the stamens of a flower.
  3. pertaining to or resembling a bicycle.
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Origin of bicyclic

First recorded in 1875–80; bi-1 + cyclic
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British Dictionary definitions for bicyclic

bicyclic

bicyclical

adjective
  1. of, forming, or formed by two circles, cycles, etc
  2. (of stamens, petals, etc) arranged in two whorls
  3. (of a chemical compound) having atoms arranged in two rings fused together with at least two atoms common to each ringnaphthalene is bicyclic
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bicyclic in Science

bicyclic

[bī-sī′klĭk, -sĭk′lĭk]
  1. Relating to a compound having two closed rings. Naphthalene is a bicyclic compound.
  2. Composed of or arranged in two distinct whorls, as the petals of a flower.
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