cycles

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/ˈsaɪkəlz/ English

Definitions

noun

An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.“the cycle of the seasons, or of the year”
A complete rotation of anything.
A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.“electoral cycle”
The members of the sequence formed by such a process.

verb

To ride a bicycle or other cycle.
To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.
To turn power off and back on“Avoid cycling the device unnecessarily.”
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“They have their cycling game going tonight.”

Related words

Synonyms

bike motorcycle bicycle pedal wheel round cps hertz hz rhythm cycle per second cycles/second ages bicycles bikes breaths

Associated

permutation cycle graph vertices processor clock cycling instruction phases edges instructions

Rhymes

motorcycles recycles dyke hills like hills michaels michiels mikles unicycles

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