cycle

B1
Pronunciation
/ˈsaɪkəl/
Noun
16 definition(s)
1 Definition

An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.

Example Sentences
  • the cycle of the seasons, or of the year
2 Definition

A complete rotation of anything.

3 Definition

A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.

Example Sentences
  • electoral cycle
4 Definition

The members of the sequence formed by such a process.

5 Definition

In musical set theory, an interval cycle is the set of pitch classes resulting from repeatedly applying the same interval class to the starting pitch class.

Example Sentences
  • The interval cycle C4 consists of the pitch classes 0, 4 and 8; when starting on E, it is realised as the pitches E, G# and C.
6 Definition

A series of poems, songs or other works of art.

Example Sentences
  • The "Ring of the Nibelung" is a cycle of four operas by Richard Wagner.
7 Definition

A programme on a washing machine, dishwasher, or other such device.

Example Sentences
  • Put the washing in on a warm cycle.
8 Definition

A pedal-powered vehicle, such as a unicycle, bicycle, or tricycle, or a motorized vehicle that has either two or three wheels.

9 Definition

A single, a double, a triple, and a home run hit by the same player in the same game.

Example Sentences
  • Jones hit for the cycle in the game.
10 Definition

A closed walk or path, with or without repeated vertices allowed.

11 Definition

(algebraic topology) A chain whose boundary is zero.

12 Definition

An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.

13 Definition

An age; a long period of time.

14 Definition

An orderly list for a given time; a calendar.

15 Definition

One entire round in a circle or a spire.

Example Sentences
  • a cycle or set of leaves
16 Definition

A discharge of a taser.

Verb
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

To ride a bicycle or other cycle.

2 Definition

To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.

3 Definition

To turn power off and back on

Example Sentences
  • Avoid cycling the device unnecessarily.
4 Definition

To maintain a team's possession of the puck in the offensive zone by handling and passing the puck in a loop from the boards near the goal up the side boards and passing to back to the boards near the goal

Example Sentences
  • They have their cycling game going tonight.