cycler

Meaning

  1. Anything with a cyclic (repetitious) behaviour. Something that cycles between different states.
  2. An orbit that approaches two astronomical bodies on a regular basis.
  3. (broadly) A, usually man-made, object that follows such an orbit.
  4. (euphemistic) A person with bipolar disorder, often used when comparing the speed of mood swings.
  5. A device for performing dialysis; for mechanically purifying blood.
  6. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of thermal cycler, a machine for creating multiple copies of DNA sequences.
  7. A task in a cycle of tasks where the status of being active task is passed around the loop.

Etymology

From cycle + -er.

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