hypercycle

== English == === Etymology === From hyper- +‎ cycle. === Noun === hypercycle (plural hypercycles) (hyperbolic geometry) A curve whose points have the same orthogonal distance from a given straight line. Synonyms: hypercircle, equidistant curve (chemistry) A system of self-replicating molecules, as an explanation for the self-organization of prebiotic systems. === See also === Hypercycle (geometry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia