cycle
[ˈsaɪk&+{ə}l]
n
a recurring period of time in which certain events or phenomena occur and reach completion or repeat themselves in a regular sequence
a completed series of events that follows or is followed by another series of similar events occurring in the same sequence
the time taken or needed for one such series
a vast period of time; age; aeon
a group of poems or prose narratives forming a continuous story about a central figure or event
the Arthurian cycle
a series of miracle plays
the Chester cycle
a group or sequence of songsSee song cycle
short for bicycleshort for tricycleshort for motorcycle
the orbit of a celestial body
a recurrent series of events or processes in plants and animals
a metabolic cycle
a continuous change or a sequence of changes in the state of a system that leads to the restoration of the system to its original state after a finite period of time
one of a series of repeated changes in the magnitude of a periodically varying quantity, such as current or voltage
a set of operations that can be both treated and repeated as a unit.the time required to complete a set of operations.one oscillation of the regular voltage waveform used to synchronize processes in a digital computer
(in generative grammar) the set of cyclic rules
vb
to process through a cycle or system
to move in or pass through cycles
to travel by or ride a bicycle or tricycle
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