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