cycler
nounEtymology From cycle (“pedal-powered vehicle”) + -er or a clipping of bicycler.
1
Dated Synonym of cyclist.
- There is nothing more annoying than a rogue cycler ignoring the other road users.
cycler
nounEtymology From cycle + -er. Piecewise doublet of wheeler.
7 senses
- 1Anything with a cyclic (repetitious) behaviour.…
- 2An orbit that approaches two astronomical bodies on a…
- 3A, usually man-made, object that follows such an orbit.
- 4A person with bipolar disorder, often used when…
- 5A device for performing dialysis; for mechanically…
- 6Ellipsis of thermal cycler, a machine for creating…
- 7A task in a cycle of tasks where the status of being…
1
Anything with a cyclic (repetitious) behaviour. Something that cycles between different states.
- The battery cycler allows us to switch between batteries as each one runs out.
2
Astronomy, Natural sciences An orbit that approaches two astronomical bodies on a regular basis.
- The Earth-Mars cyclers could potentially be used for transporting people between the two planets.
3
Aerospace, Astronautics, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Broadly A, usually man-made, object that follows such an orbit.
- If we had more than one cycler then the length of time between the outbound and inbound journeys could be reduced to a few months.
4
Human sciences, Psychology, Sciences Euphemistic A person with bipolar disorder, often used when comparing the speed of mood swings.
- My son's a fast cycler which is much harder for people to understand.
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Medicine, Sciences A device for performing dialysis; for mechanically purifying blood.
- The only issue I have had with my cycler was when the cat started chewing on the connecting line.
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Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of thermal cycler, a machine for creating multiple copies of DNA sequences.
- We took samples from the tubes in the cycler at regular intervals
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A task in a cycle of tasks where the status of being active task is passed around the loop.
- When the last cycler has run for 200ms we pass control back to the first one and begin again.
- Derived terms
- Aldrin cycler, Hollister cycler, reverse cycler, thermocycler