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cycle
[ sahy-kuhl ]
noun
- any complete round or series of occurrences that repeats or is repeated.
- a round of years or a recurring period of time, especially one in which certain events or phenomena repeat themselves in the same order and at the same intervals.
- any long period of years; age.
- a bicycle, motorcycle, tricycle, etc.
- a group of poems, dramas, prose narratives, songs etc., about a central theme, figure, or the like:
the Arthurian cycle.
- Physics.
- a sequence of changing states that, upon completion, produces a final state identical to the original one.
- one of a succession of periodically recurring events.
- a complete alteration in which a phenomenon attains a maximum and minimum value, returning to a final value equal to the original one.
- Mathematics. a permutation of a set of elements that leaves the original cyclic order of the elements unchanged.
- Computers.
- the smallest interval of time required to complete an operation in a computer.
- a series of computer operations repeated as a unit.
verb (used without object)
- to move or revolve in cycles; pass through cycles.
cycle
/ ˈ²õ²¹Éª°ìÉ™±ô /
noun
- 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 songs See song cycle
- astronomy the orbit of a celestial body
- a recurrent series of events or processes in plants and animals
a growth cycle
a life cycle
a metabolic cycle
- physics 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
- computing
- 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
verb
- tr to process through a cycle or system
- intr to move in or pass through cycles
- to travel by or ride a bicycle or tricycle
cycle
/ ²õī′°ìÉ™±ô /
- A single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon.
- See also period
- A circular or whorled arrangement of flower parts such as those of petals or stamens.
Derived Forms
- ˈ³¦²â³¦±ô¾±²Ô²µ, nounadjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of cycle1
Idioms and Phrases
- hit for the cycle, Baseball. (of one player) to hit a single, double, triple, and home run in one game.
Example Sentences
To complete a standard washing cycle, Mr and Mrs Hannam said they must fill up their washing machine with six four-pint cartons three times.
A number of clubs now track players' menstrual cycles following recent studies linking periods to ACL injuries.
A goal of mine was to not repeat the cycle of my family history.
Like Black Image Center, Grant decided to close the Salt Eaters at the end of her last lease cycle.
Stuck in a vicious cycle of innocence lost, regained, then lost again, American history reveals itself to be a series of stories told by individuals dependent on inconsistent and unreliable sources.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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