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Cycle

noun

1.

An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs. Synonyms: rhythm, round.

2.

A series of poems or songs on the same theme.

3.

A periodically repeated sequence of events.

4.

The unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second. Synonyms: cps, cycle per second, cycles/second, hertz, Hz.

5.

A single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon. Synonym: oscillation.

6.

A wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals. Synonyms: bicycle, bike, wheel.

verb

(past & past part. cycled; pres. part. cycling)

1.

Cause to go through a recurring sequence.

2.

Pass through a cycle.

3.

Ride a motorcycle. Synonyms: motorbike, motorcycle.

4.

Ride a bicycle. Synonyms: bicycle, bike, pedal, wheel.

5.

Recur in repeating sequences.

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"Cycle" Quotes from Famous Books

... rewriting my book of submarine depths in its very element. Should I ever again have such an opportunity of observing the wonders of the ocean? No, certainly not! And I could not bring myself to the idea of abandoning the Nautilus before the cycle of investigation was accomplished. ...

— Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea • Jules Verne

... and internal flexibility led to vigorous growth in 2004-06, with real GDP growth averaging 7% annually. The government hopes to establish a new growth path that will be less vulnerable to the global demand cycle for information technology products - it has attracted major investments in pharmaceuticals and medical technology production - and will continue efforts to establish Singapore as Southeast Asia's ...

— The 2007 CIA World Factbook • United States

... brood; when they are decreasing they have but one brood and only 2 or 3 in that. This points to some obscure agency at work; whether it refers simply to the physical vigour of the fact, or to some uncomprehended magnetic or heliological cycle, ...

— The Arctic Prairies • Ernest Thompson Seton

... amongst which its members dwell. The distinctness of the Jews in the midst of other and mixed races singles them out specially for observation, and the history they present of vitality, or, in other words, of the resistance to those influences which tend to shorten the natural cycle of life, ...

— History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present - Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance • Peter Charles Remondino

... travelling expenses, and the petition that the youth should come as quickly as possible for a visit to Kano Indara, since the old man could not, of himself, attempt so long a journey. After what seemed to the impatient writer (and in equal degree to the harassed Uchida) an endless cycle of existence, an answer came, not, indeed from Tatsu, but from the "Mura osa," or head of the village, saying that the Mad Painter had started at once upon his journey, taking not even a change of clothes. By ...

— The Dragon Painter • Mary McNeil Fenollosa

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