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Variant of cycle

cycle Definition

cy·cle (sī′kəl; for n.7 & vi.2, also sik′əl)

noun

  1. a recurring period of a definite number of years, used as a measure of time
  2. a period of time within which a round of regularly recurring events or phenomena is completed the business cycle
  3. a complete set of events or phenomena recurring in the same sequence
  4. a very long period of time; an age
  5. all of the traditional or legendary poems, songs, etc. connected with a hero or an event the Charlemagne cycle
  6. a series of poems or songs on the same theme
  7. a bicycle, tricycle, or motorcycle
  8. Astron., Archaic the orbit of a celestial body
  9. Biol. a recurring series of functional changes or events
  10. Elec. one complete period of the reversal of an alternating current from positive to negative and back again

Etymology: ME cicle < LL cyclus < Gr kyklos, a circle, cycle: see wheel

intransitive verb cycled -·cled, cycling -·cling

  1. to occur or recur in cycles; pass through a cycle
  2. to ride a bicycle, tricycle, or motorcycle