cycler

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  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. Synonym of cyclist. dated
    — There is nothing more annoying than a rogue cycler ignoring the other road users.
  3. 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.
  4. A, usually man-made, object that follows such an orbit. broadly
    — 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.
  5. A person with bipolar disorder, often used when comparing the speed of mood swings. euphemistic
    — My son's a fast cycler which is much harder for people to understand.
  6. 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.
  7. Ellipsis of thermal cycler, a machine for creating multiple copies of DNA sequences. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
    — We took samples from the tubes in the cycler at regular intervals
  8. 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.

词形变化

cyclers plural cyclers plural

词源

词源 1
From cycle + -er. Piecewise doublet of wheeler.
词源 2
From cycle (“pedal-powered vehicle”) + -er or a clipping of bicycler.
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