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Meaning of "Cyclopean" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CYCLOPEAN

Cyclopean  [ˌsaɪkləʊˈpiːən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CYCLOPEAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cyclopean is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CYCLOPEAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cyclopean

Cyclopean masonry

Cyclopean masonry is a type of stonework found in Mycenaean architecture, built with massive limestone boulders, roughly fitted together with minimal clearance between adjacent stones and no use of mortar. The boulders typically seem unworked, but some may have been worked roughly with a hammer and the gaps between boulders filled in with smaller chunks of limestone. The most famous examples of Cyclopean masonry are found in the walls of Mycenae and Tiryns, and the style is characteristic of Mycenaean fortifications. Similar styles of stonework are found in other cultures and the term has come to be used to describe typical stonework of this sort. The term comes from the belief of classical Greeks that only the mythical Cyclopes had the strength to move the enormous boulders that made up the walls of Mycenae and Tiryns. Pliny's Natural History reported the tradition attributed to Aristotle, that the Cyclopes were the inventors of masonry towers, giving rise to the designation Cyclopean.

Definition of Cyclopean in the English dictionary

The definition of Cyclopean in the dictionary is of, relating to, or resembling the Cyclops. Other definition of Cyclopean is denoting, relating to, or having the kind of masonry used in preclassical Greek architecture, characterized by large dry undressed blocks of stone.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CYCLOPEAN


Aegean
iːˈdʒiːən
aeon
ˈiːən
Andean
ænˈdiːən
Caribbean
ˌkærɪˈbiːən
Cassiopeian
ˌkæsɪəˈpiːən
eon
ˈiːən
Fijian
fiːˈdʒiːən
Korean
kəˈriːən
lien
ˈliːən
oedipean
ˌiːdɪˈpiːən
paean
ˈpiːən
paeon
ˈpiːən
pantheon
pænˈθiːən
pean
ˈpiːən
peon
ˈpiːən
pharmacopoeian
ˌfɑːməkəˈpiːən
priapean
ˌpraɪəˈpiːən
Pyrenean
ˌpɪrəˈniːən
sien
ˈsiːən
Tupian
tuːˈpiːən

WORDS THAT END LIKE CYCLOPEAN

anti-European
Central European
cornopean
East European
Eastern European
European
Euterpean
Indo-European
pampean
Pan-European
primitive Indo-European
pro-European
Proto-Indo-European
trappean

Synonyms and antonyms of Cyclopean in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Cyclopean» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CYCLOPEAN

Find out the translation of Cyclopean to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Cyclopean from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Cyclopean» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

单眼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ciclópeo
570 millions of speakers

English

Cyclopean
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Cyclopean
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صقلوبي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Циклопическая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Cyclopean
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভয়ানক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cyclopéen
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cyclopean
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zyklopisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

巨石
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

키클롭스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cyclopean
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khổmg lồ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நெற்றிக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सायक्लोपन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dev
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ciclopico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Cyclopean
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

циклопічна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ciclopice
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Κυκλώπεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kolos saal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cyklop
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kyklopisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Cyclopean

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CYCLOPEAN»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CYCLOPEAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Cyclopean

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CYCLOPEAN»

Discover the use of Cyclopean in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Cyclopean and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Foundations of Cyclopean Perception: [With 3-D Glasses]
A classic and definitive work on cyclopean perception that has influenced vision researchers, cognitive scientists, neuroscientists, artists, designers, and computer graphics pioneers traces the information flow in the visual system.
Bela Julesz, 2006
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The Motion Aftereffect: A Modern Perspective
An early study of what we now know as cyclopean perception can be found in the work of Sherrington (1906), who investigated the integrative action of the central nervous system within the context of spinal reflexes. As an extension of his work ...
George Mather, Frans Verstraten, S. M. Anstis, 1998
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Perceiving in Depth, Volume 2: Stereoscopic Vision
16.1 The cyclopean domain 210 16.1.1 Introduction 210 16.1.2 Types of dichoptic cyclopean stimuli 210 16.2 Acuities in the cyclopean domain 213 16.2.1 Cyclopean vernier acuity 213 16.2.2 Discrimination ofcyclopean features 214 16.3 ...
Ian P. Howard, Brian J. Rogers, 2012
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Perceiving in Depth, Volume 2: Stereoscopic Vision
16.1 The cyclopean domain 210 16.1.1 Introduction 210 16.1.2 Types ofdichoptic cyclopean stimuli 210 16.2 Acuities in the cyclopean domain 213 16.2.1 Cyclopean vernier acuity 213 16.2.2 Discrimination ofcyclopean features 214 16.3 ...
Ian P. Howard, Brian J. Rogers, 2012
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Destined for Distinguished Oblivion: The Scientific Vision ...
These principles are: (1) Visual directions of objects are judged as if from the cyclopean eye located midway between the eyes. (2) An object which stimulates the center of a fovea in either eye or the centers of fovea in both eyes will be seen  ...
Nicholas Wade, 2003
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The Gentleman's Magazine
Hosking's light opinion of a Canaanitish or Phenician origin of the Cyclopean masonry. There is a wide difference between rejecting a theory founded upon hypothesis, and a conclusion deduced from evidence. From the latter motive, as we ...
7
Binocular Vision and Stereopsis
3.6.6 Cyclopean stimuli Cyclopean procedures were defined in Section 1.1.4. In the most general sense a cyclopean visual process is one that occurs in the central nervous system rather than in the retina. In this sense the processes ...
Ian P. Howard, 1995
8
Perceiving in Depth, Volume 3: Other Mechanisms of Depth ...
The object lies on a cyclopean line ofsight passing through a point midway between the eyes. Its cyclopean azimuth, f, is the angle between the cyclopean line and the median plane of the head. The impact direction, b, of the point is the angle ...
Ian P. Howard, 2012
9
Perceiving in Depth, Volume 3: Other Mechanisms of Depth ...
The object lies on a cyclopean line ofsight pass- ing through a point midway between the eyes. Its cyclopean azimuth, f, is the angle between the cyclopean line and the median plane of the head. The impact direction, b, of the point is the  ...
Ian P. Howard, 2012
10
3D Visual Communications
Because the HVS perceives the fused results instead of individual artifacts in each charmel, the cyclopean and binocular perception of the distortions may affect each other but the effect is generally nonlinear as shown in the following ways: ...
Guan-Ming Su, Yu-chi Lai, Andres Kwasinski, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CYCLOPEAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Cyclopean is used in the context of the following news items.
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Editor's Notebook: A long DNA journey leads to the Pyrenees …
On June 22, my wife and I threaded our way up along wildly twisting mountain roads to the Grottes de Sare, a Cyclopean-sized cave system. «Chinook Observer, Jul 15»
2
Shadow Monsters Turns You Into Your Own Nightmare
Make a circle with your arms and a giant, cyclopean eye will appear. Tentacles and teeth and bizarre, science fiction tendrils will sprout from ... «Houston Press, Jul 15»
3
Ecuador's Galápagos Islands uncovered
... contributed to his theory of evolution, grumbled about them and described a “Cyclopean scene” that resembled “parts of the infernal regions” ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
4
Leak Reveals Why Spider-Man Will Always Be Straight, White
"These eldritch grains filled me with the most unspeakable dread," one commenter laments. "What secrets did they hold, within that Cyclopean ... «WordandFilm.com, Jun 15»
5
Why you mod my rex, bro?
Far from being solely cyclopean behemoths, Tyrannosaurs were varied and highly successful in many shapes and sizes. If you want to see a ... «The WSU Sign Post, Jun 15»
6
How Citi Field's new dimensions have affected Mets hitters
But, had the original dimensions still been in effect, Dilson's first homer of 2015 would have simply hit off the Cyclopean walls in left. 4. 5/27/15 ... «Amazin' Avenue, Jun 15»
7
Science, Space Colonisation And God
... to build blocks of facts and discoveries that have eviscerated him from the bowels of “mental Erebus” precipitating cyclopean serendipity. «Nigerian Observer, Jun 15»
8
Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: 'Monstrous'
The stretch goals haven't been announced yet, but keep your (giant Cyclopean) eye out for those. For more about Monstrous, visit the ... «GeekDad, Jun 15»
9
Pescafresh's World Gourmet Seafood Shop- in -Shop at Tesco Star …
... The Exotic Himalayan Trout – Organic Meat; The Lobster King; The Crabtastic Meat; Cyclopean Tiger Prawns; and Scrummy Scampi Prawns. «fnbnews.com, Jun 15»
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'Junk Dada' assembles Noah Purifoy's overlooked, pivotal works
Some sort of gun-metal gray canister has been squashed and made useless, its flattened valve staring out like a Cyclopean eye. Uncannily ... «Los Angeles Times, Jun 15»

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