cycle

Meaning

Noun

1. An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.
2. A complete rotation of anything.
3. A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.
4. The members of the sequence formed by such a process.
5. 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.
6. A series of poems, songs or other works of art, typically longer than a trilogy.
7. A programme on a washing machine, dishwasher, or other such device.
8. A pedal-powered vehicle, such as a unicycle, bicycle, or tricycle, or a motorized vehicle that has either two or three wheels.
9. A single, a double, a triple, and a home run hit by the same player in the same game.
10. A closed walk or path, with or without repeated vertices allowed.
11. A chain whose boundary is zero.
12. An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.
13. An age; a long period of time.
14. An orderly list for a given time; a calendar.
15. One entire round in a circle or a spire.
16. A discharge of a taser.
17. One take-off and landing of an aircraft, referring to a pressurisation cycle which places stresses on the fuselage.
18. A scheduled period of time of weeks or months wherein a performance-enhancing substance or, by extension, supplement is applied, to be followed by another one where it is not or the dosage is lower.

Verb

1. To ride a bicycle or other cycle.
2. To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.
3. To turn power off and back on
4. 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

Concepts

cycle

bicycle

bike

period

round

rotation

circle

loop

circulation

wheel

series

turn

revolution

rhythm

motorcycle

velocipede

rotate

circulate

frequency

wave

orbit

term

pedal

motorbike

oscillation

Hz

cps

cycle per second

hertz

duration

push-bike

walk

recycle

circuit

programme

association

faction

group

iteration

reiteration

repetition

anniversary

show

revolution of time

epicycle

tempo

sequence

interval

span

cycles/second

cyclus

c

cyclic path

C

CY

orb

roundel

era

innings

job cost accounting

job order cost accounting

periodicity

ring

sphere

pedal cycle

push-bicycle

cyclic

pushbike

ride a bicycle

bout

episode

installment

instalment

pass

passage

spell

time constant

alternate

reclaim

ambulate

circumnavigate

circumvent

circumvolve

distort

go around

itinerate

move around

pan

pivot

pronate

screw

short-circuit

skate over

skirt

spiral

splay

spread out

take in

turn out

twine

twist

medley

potpourri

repeat

wheeler

ride a bike

course

around

rotary

revolve

Hyphenated as

cyc‧le

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsaɪ.kəl/

Etymology

From Middle English cicle (“fixed length period of years”), from Late Latin cyclus, from Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”), from Proto-Hellenic *kúklos, *kʷókʷlos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“circle, wheel”).
Doublet of cyclus and wheel (see there for more).