"hypercycle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hypercycles [plural]
Etymology: hyper- + cycle Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|hyper|cycle}} hyper- + cycle Head templates: {{en-noun}} hypercycle (plural hypercycles)
  1. (hyperbolic geometry) A curve whose points have the same orthogonal distance from a given straight line. Tags: excessive Categories (topical): Curves Synonyms: hypercircle, equidistant curve
    Sense id: en-hypercycle-en-noun-Nc8eCKF~ Disambiguation of Curves: 82 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with hyper-, Non-Euclidean geometry, Shapes in non-Euclidean geometry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hyper-: 61 39 Disambiguation of Non-Euclidean geometry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Shapes in non-Euclidean geometry: 87 13 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
  2. (chemistry) A system of self-replicating molecules, as an explanation for the self-organization of prebiotic systems. Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-hypercycle-en-noun-qDEx9Yi0 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

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