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Cycle
ˈsʌɪkl
- a series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order
"the recurrent cycle of harvest failure, food shortages, and price increases"
- the period of time taken to complete a cycle of events
"the cells are shed over a cycle of twenty-eight days"
- a recurring series of successive operations or states, such as in the working of an internal combustion engine, or in the alternation of an electric current or a wave
"the familiar four cycles of intake, combustion, ignition, and exhaust"
- a recurring series of events or metabolic processes in the lifetime of a plant or animal
"the storks' breeding cycle"
- the menstrual cycle
"she began recording the date her premenstrual symptoms started, but also how she felt at other times in her cycle"
- a menstrual period
"her cycle lasts for almost seven days"
- a series of successive metabolic reactions in which one of the products is regenerated and reused
- the movement of a simple substance through the soil, rocks, water, atmosphere, and living organisms of the earth
- a single set of hardware operations, especially that by which memory is accessed and an item is transferred to or from it, to the point at which the memory may be accessed again
- a cycle per second; one hertz
"AC reverses its direction of flow sixty times a second at 60 cycles"
- a complete set or series
"the painting is one of a cycle of seven"
- a series of songs, stories, plays, or poems composed around a particular theme, and usually intended to be performed or read in sequence
"Wagner's Ring Cycle"
- a bicycle or tricycle
"for the energetic, cycles may be hired"
- a ride on a bicycle
"a 112-mile cycle"