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Cycle

noun

1.

An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs. Synonyms: rhythm, round.

2.

A series of poems or songs on the same theme.

3.

A periodically repeated sequence of events.

4.

The unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second. Synonyms: cps, cycle per second, cycles/second, hertz, Hz.

5.

A single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon. Synonym: oscillation.

6.

A wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals. Synonyms: bicycle, bike, wheel.

verb

(past & past part. cycled; pres. part. cycling)

1.

Cause to go through a recurring sequence.

2.

Pass through a cycle.

3.

Ride a motorcycle. Synonyms: motorbike, motorcycle.

4.

Ride a bicycle. Synonyms: bicycle, bike, pedal, wheel.

5.

Recur in repeating sequences.

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"Cycle" Quotes from Famous Books

... very likely that Lowell was thinking of Sir Launfal when he wrote this last sentence, yet it is not straining language too far to say that when he took up an Arthurian story he had a different attitude toward the whole cycle of legends from that of Tennyson, who had lately been reviving the legends for the pleasure of English-reading people. The exuberance of the poet as he carols of June in the prelude to Part First is an expression of the joyous spring which was in the veins ...

— The Vision of Sir Launfal - And Other Poems • James Russell Lowell

... joint mouth of the torrent-beds Santa Luzia and Joao Gomes which has more than once deluged Funchal. Timid Funchalites are expecting another flood: the first was in 1803, the second in 1842, and thus they suspect a cycle of forty years. [Footnote: The guide-books make every twenty-fifth year a season of unusual rain, the last being 1879-80.] The lately repaired Se (cathedral) in the heart of the mass is conspicuous for its steeple of azulejos, or varnished ...

— To the Gold Coast for Gold - A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.--Vol. I • Richard F. Burton

... theatrical criticism deal with questions of the hour. Among the works referred to, I may mention two of great originality: a book filled with bold paradox by Thorstein Veblen, entitled Peace? An Inquiry into the Nature of Peace; a Russian play in four acts by Artsibashev, War, depicting the cycle of the war in a family and the wastage of ...

— The Forerunners • Romain Rolland

... the second day and night were like the first, the third like the first and second and the fourth day like another "cycle of Cathay." These four days and nights were like solitary confinement to the prisoner, the grim monotony and lack of incident contributing to the cumulative effect and accentuating the sense of helplessness and isolation. There ...

— Out of the Fog • C. K. Ober

... bright moonlight that had tempted Ramblethorne to go for a midnight ride. He was a keen out-of-door man. He could handle almost any make of car or motor-cycle with the utmost skill. Finding himself at Shrewsbury, he hired a motor-cycle from an agent, intending to have a run along the road following the banks of the Severn as far as Ironbridge. It was his ...

— The Submarine Hunters - A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War • Percy F. Westerman

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