cyclical

柯林斯词典

1. ADJ A cyclical process is one in which a series of events happens again and again in the same order. 周期的
...the cyclical nature of the airline business. …航空业的周期性特征。
2. ADJ of or relating to a musical form consisting of several movements sharing thematic material (乐曲)循环的[music]
3. ADJ (in generative grammar) denoting one of a set of transformational rules all of which must apply to a clause before any one of them applies to any clause in which the first clause is embedded (生成语法的)循序式的