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cy⋅cle

  [sahy-kuhl] noun, verb, -cled, -cling.
–noun
1. any complete round or series of occurrences that repeats or is repeated.
2. a round of years or a recurring period of time, esp. one in which certain events or phenomena repeat themselves in the same order and at the same intervals.
3. any long period of years; age.
4. a bicycle, motorcycle, tricycle, etc.
5. a group of poems, dramas, prose narratives, songs etc., about a central theme, figure, or the like: the Arthurian cycle.
6. Physics.
a. a sequence of changing states that, upon completion, produces a final state identical to the original one.
b. one of a succession of periodically recurring events.
c. a complete alteration in which a phenomenon attains a maximum and minimum value, returning to a final value equal to the original one.
7. Mathematics. a permutation of a set of elements that leaves the original cyclic order of the elements unchanged.
8. Computers.
a. the smallest interval of time required to complete an operation in a computer.
b. a series of computer operations repeated as a unit.
–verb (used without object)
9. to ride or travel by bicycle, motorcycle, tricycle, etc.
10. to move or revolve in cycles; pass through cycles.
—Idiom
11. hit for the cycle, Baseball. (of one player) to hit a single, double, triple, and home run in one game.
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Origin:
1350–1400; ME cicle < LL cyclus < Gk kýklos cycle, circle, wheel, ring, disk, orb; see wheel
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cy·cle   (sī'kəl)   
n.  

  1. An interval of time during which a characteristic, often regularly repeated event or sequence of events occurs: Sunspots increase and decrease in intensity in an 11-year cycle.

    1. A single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon: A year constitutes a cycle of the seasons.

    2. A periodically repeated sequence of events: the cycle of birth, growth, and death; a cycle of reprisal and retaliation.

    3. The aggregate of traditional poems or stories organized around a central theme or hero: the Arthurian cycle.

    4. A series of poems or songs on the same theme: Schubert's song cycles.

  3. The orbit of a celestial body.

  4. A long period of time; an age.

    1. The aggregate of traditional poems or stories organized around a central theme or hero: the Arthurian cycle.

    2. A series of poems or songs on the same theme: Schubert's song cycles.

  6. A bicycle, motorcycle, or similar vehicle.

  7. Botany A circular or whorled arrangement of flower parts such as those of petals or sepals.

  8. Linguistics In generative grammar, the principle that allows an ordered set of linguistic rules or operations to apply repeatedly to successive stages of a derivation. Often used with the.

v.   cy·cled, cy·cling, cy·cles

v.   intr.

  1. To occur in or pass through a cycle.

  2. To move in or as if in a cycle.

  3. To ride a bicycle, motorcycle, or similar vehicle.

v.   tr.
To use in or put through a cycle: cycled the heavily soiled laundry twice; cycling the recruits through eight weeks of basic training.

[Middle English, from Late Latin cyclus, from Greek kuklos, circle; see kwel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
cy'cler n.
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Word Origin & History

cycle 
1387, from L.L. cyclus, from Gk. kyklos "circle, wheel," from PIE *kwel-, *kwol- "to roll, to move around, wheel" (cf. Skt. cakram "circle, wheel," carati "he moves, wanders;" Avestan caraiti "applies himself," c'axra "chariot, wagon;" Gk. polos "a round axis" (PIE *kw- becomes Gk. p- before some vowels), polein "move around;" L. colere "to frequent, dwell in, to cultivate, move around," cultus "tended, cultivated," hence also "polished," colonus "husbandman, tenant farmer, settler, colonist;" Lith. kelias "a road, a way;" O.N. hvel, O.E. hweol "wheel;" O.Rus., Pol. kolo, Rus. koleso "a wheel"). The verb meaning "to ride a bicycle" is from 1883; cyclist in this sense is from 1882; cyclical is from 1817; cyclorama is from 1840.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2cycle
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: cycled; cycling
: to undergo the estrous cycle cycling>
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cycle cy·cle (sī'kəl)
n.

  1. An interval of time during which a characteristic, often regularly repeated event or sequence of events occurs.

  2. A single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon.

  3. A periodically repeated sequence of events.

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Science Dictionary
cycle   (sī'kəl)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. A single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon. See also period.

  2. A circular or whorled arrangement of flower parts such as those of petals or stamens.


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