cycle.
An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.
Meaning & usage
An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.
the cycle of the seasons, or of the year
A complete rotation of anything.
A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.
electoral cycle menstrual cycle news cycle
The members of the sequence formed by such a process.
A series of poems, songs or other works of art, typically longer than a trilogy.
The Ring of the Nibelung is a cycle of four operas by Richard Wagner.
A programme on a washing machine, dishwasher, or other such device.
Put the washing in on a warm cycle.
the spin cycle
A single, a double, a triple, and a home run hit by the same player in the same game.
Jones hit for the cycle in the game.
A closed walk or path, with or without repeated vertices allowed.
A chain whose boundary is zero.
An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.
An age; a long period of time.
An orderly list for a given time; a calendar.
One entire round in a circle or a spire.
A discharge of a taser.
One take-off and landing of an aircraft, referring to a pressurisation cycle which places stresses on the fuselage.
A scheduled period of time of weeks or months wherein a performance-enhancing substance or, by extension, supplement is applied, to be followed by another one where it is not or the dosage is lower.
The deterioration of his physique may be a result of his being off cycle.
A hertz; cycle per second.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English cicle (“fixed length period of years”), from Late Latin cyclus, from Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”), from Proto-Hellenic *kúklos, *kʷókʷlos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“circle, wheel”). Doublet of chakra, chakram, charkha, chukker, cyclus, kike, and wheel (see there for more).
To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.
To turn power off and back on
Avoid cycling the device unnecessarily.
To maintain a team's possession of the puck in the offensive zone by handling and passing the puck in a loop from the boards near the goal up the side boards and passing to back to the boards near the goal
They have their cycling game going tonight.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English cicle (“fixed length period of years”), from Late Latin cyclus, from Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”), from Proto-Hellenic *kúklos, *kʷókʷlos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“circle, wheel”). Doublet of chakra, chakram, charkha, chukker, cyclus, kike, and wheel (see there for more).
A pedal-powered vehicle, such as a unicycle, bicycle, or tricycle, or a motorized vehicle that has either two or three wheels.
A pedal-powered vehicle, such as a unicycle, bicycle, or tricycle, or a motorized vehicle that has either two or three wheels. A bicycle.
Where this word comes from
From -cycle (in bicycle, monocycle, and tricycle), perhaps associated with etymology 1. Compare French cycle in the same sense. The verb is either from the noun or a clipping of bicycle (verb).
To ride a bicycle or other cycle.
Where this word comes from
From -cycle (in bicycle, monocycle, and tricycle), perhaps associated with etymology 1. Compare French cycle in the same sense. The verb is either from the noun or a clipping of bicycle (verb).
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