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Anything with a cyclic (repetitious) behaviour. Something that cycles between different states.
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(astronomy) An orbit that approaches two astronomical bodies on a regular basis.
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(astronautics, by extension) A, usually man-made, object that follows such an orbit.
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(psychology, euphemistic) A person with bipolar disorder, often used when comparing the speed of mood swings.
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(medicine) A device for performing dialysis; for mechanically purifying blood.
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(biochemistry) Ellipsis of thermal cycler.; a machine for creating multiple copies of DNA sequences.
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(computing) A task in a cycle of tasks where the status of being active task is passed around the loop.