cycler

1. (astronomy) An orbit that approaches two astronomical bodies on a regular basis.Examples: "The Earth-Mars cyclers could potentially be used for transporting people between the two planets."

2. (astronautics, by extension) A, usually man-made, object that follows such an orbit.Examples: "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."broadly

3. (psychology, euphemistic) A person with bipolar disorder, often used when comparing the speed of mood swings.Examples: "My son's a fast cycler which is much harder for people to understand."euphemistic

4. (medicine) A device for performing dialysis; for mechanically purifying blood.Examples: "The only issue I have had with my cycler was when the cat started chewing on the connecting line."

5. (biochemistry) Ellipsis of thermal cycler, a machine for creating multiple copies of DNA sequences.Examples: "We took samples from the tubes in the cycler at regular intervals"abbreviationalt-ofellipsis

6. (computing) A task in a cycle of tasks where the status of being active task is passed around the loop.Examples: "When the last cycler has run for 200ms we pass control back to the first one and begin again."