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a shortened version of `bicycle' or `tricycle' or `motorcycle'

a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon; "a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons"

a periodically repeated sequence of events; "a cycle of reprisal and retaliation"

a series of poems or songs on the same theme; "schubert's song cycles"

an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs; "the neverending cycle of the seasons"

recur in cycles

a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon; "a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons"

a periodically repeated sequence of events; "a cycle of reprisal and retaliation"

a series of poems or songs on the same theme; "schubert's song cycles"

an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs; "the neverending cycle of the seasons"

a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals

recur in repeating sequences

pass through a cycle; "This machine automatically cycles"

cause to go through a recurring sequence; "cycle thge laundry in this washing program"

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

An interval of time in which a certain succession of events or phenomena is completed, and then returns again and again, uniformly and continually in the same order; a periodical space of time marked by the recurrence of something peculiar; as, the cycle of the seasons, or of the year.

An age; a long period of time.

An orderly list for a given time; a calendar.

The circle of subjects connected with the exploits of the hero or heroes of some particular period which have served as a popular theme for poetry, as the legend of Arthur and the knights of the Round Table, and that of Charlemagne and his paladins.

One entire round in a circle or a spire; as, a cycle or set of leaves.

A bicycle or tricycle, or other light velocipede.

To pass through a cycle of changes; to recur in cycles.

To ride a bicycle, tricycle, or other form of cycle.

A series of operations in which heat is imparted to (or taken away from) a working substance which by its expansion gives up a part of its internal energy in the form of mechanical work (or being compressed increases its internal energy) and is again brought back to its original state.

A complete positive and negative wave of an alternating current; one period. The number of cycles (per second) is a measure of the frequency of an alternating current.

A series of operations in which heat is imparted to (or taken away from) a working substance which by its expansion gives up a part of its internal energy in the form of mechanical work (or being compressed increases its internal energy) and is again brought back to its original state.

A complete positive and negative wave of an alternating current; one period. The number of cycles (per second) is a measure of the frequency of an alternating current.

A period of time, or order of events, which repeats itself regularly; a revolution of a certain period of time; an imaginary circle in the heavens; the stories surrounding some famous event or hero; as, the Arthurian cycle; an age; a bicycle or tricycle.

To ride a bicycle or tricycle.

Cycler, cyclist.

Cycled.

Cycling.

A recurrent series of events. A recurring period of time.

A period of time in which events happen in a certain order, and which constantly repeats itself: an imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens.

Recurring period of time; circle or orbit.

A recurring period of time; a round of years or of ages; a vast period.

A turn or circle; loop.

A bicycle, tricycle, etc.

To revolve in a circle. The cycle of the moon, or golden number, or Metonic cycle a period of nineteen years, after which the new and full moons return on the same days of the month. The cycle of the sun, a period of twenty-eight years. Cycle of indiction, a period of fifteen years.

The revolution of a certain period of time which finishes and begins again in a perpetual circle; a round of years in which the same course begins again; cycle of the moon, or golden number, a period of 19 years, at the end of which the new and full moons occur again on the same days of the month; cycle of the sun, a period of 28 years; cycle of indiction, a period of 15 years.

The circulation of a fluid through a definite series of vessels.

A period or revolution of a certain number of years or days. The Methodists gave this name to an aggregate of curative means, continued during a certain number of days. Nine was the usual number.

A succession or round of symptoms.

A period of time in which a certain series of events or acts is completed, especially if repeated again and again.

A course of diet and exercise arranged in a definite manner, for a certain end.

n. [Greek] An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens;—a period of time in which a succession of events or phenomena is repeated in the same order;—one entire round in a spire or circle.

A circle; around of time, a space in which the same revolution begins again, a periodical space of time; a method, or account of a method, continued till the same course begins again; imaginary orbs, a circle in the heavens.