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Cycle   /sˈaɪkəl/   Listen
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



... Orlando of Ariosto, and for the Renaud of "The Quatre Fils Aymon" the Rinaldo of Matteo Boiardo—means simply that which I desire here to study: the metamorphoses of mediaeval romance stuffs, and, more especially, the vicissitudes of the cycle of Charlemagne. ...
— Euphorion - Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the - Renaissance - Vol. II • Vernon Lee
... Nibelungenlied; Stories of King Arthur and the Round Table, and legends of Charlemagne; Stories of the Iliad and the Odyssey; Stories from Chaucer and Spenser; Stories from Shakespeare. At the end of the eight years the cycle is repeated. ...
— Library Work with Children • Alice I. Hazeltine
... to Fion (the Fingal of Mac-Pherson) there occurs, as in the primitive poetry of most nations, a cycle of heroes, each of whom has some distinguishing attribute; upon these qualities, and the adventures of those possessing them, many proverbs are formed, which are still current in the Highlands. Among other characters, Conan is distinguished ...
— Waverley, Or 'Tis Sixty Years Hence, Complete • Sir Walter Scott
... which seemed finally refuted and dislodged from thought, often needs only put on a new suit of phrases, to be welcomed back to its old quarters, and allowed to repose unquestioned for another cycle of ages. Modern philosophers have not been sparing in their contempt for the scholastic dogma that genera and species are a peculiar kind of substances, which general substances being the only permanent things, while ...
— A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive • John Stuart Mill
... other hand, some of the 22 billion dollars would be available for obligation and expenditure unless impounded. In certain appropriations, such as those for long-cycle procurement, considerable carry-over of unliquidated obligations into future years is to be expected and is necessary. However, substantial further rescissions can and should be made when the war liquidation program tapers off and budgetary requirements for national defense ...
— State of the Union Addresses of Harry S. Truman • Harry S. Truman


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