CYCLE
\sˈa͡ɪkə͡l], \sˈaɪkəl], \s_ˈaɪ_k_əl]\
Definitions of CYCLE
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- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a shortened version of `bicycle' or `tricycle' or `motorcycle'
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a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon; "a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons"
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a periodically repeated sequence of events; "a cycle of reprisal and retaliation"
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a series of poems or songs on the same theme; "schubert's song cycles"
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an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs; "the neverending cycle of the seasons"
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recur in cycles
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon; "a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons"
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a periodically repeated sequence of events; "a cycle of reprisal and retaliation"
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a series of poems or songs on the same theme; "schubert's song cycles"
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an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs; "the neverending cycle of the seasons"
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a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
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recur in repeating sequences
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pass through a cycle; "This machine automatically cycles"
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cause to go through a recurring sequence; "cycle thge laundry in this washing program"
By Princeton University
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An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.
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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.
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An age; a long period of time.
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An orderly list for a given time; a calendar.
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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.
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One entire round in a circle or a spire; as, a cycle or set of leaves.
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A bicycle or tricycle, or other light velocipede.
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To pass through a cycle of changes; to recur in cycles.
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To ride a bicycle, tricycle, or other form of cycle.
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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.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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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.
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To ride a bicycle or tricycle.
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Cycler, cyclist.
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Cycled.
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Cycling.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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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.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A recurring period of time; a round of years or of ages; a vast period.
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A turn or circle; loop.
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A bicycle, tricycle, etc.
By James Champlin Fernald
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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.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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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.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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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.
By Robley Dunglison
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A succession or round of symptoms.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A period of time in which a certain series of events or acts is completed, especially if repeated again and again.
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A course of diet and exercise arranged in a definite manner, for a certain end.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
