noun Download 🔗Share An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed. Examples : "the cycle of the seasons, or of the year" time process system phenomena Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A complete rotation of anything. Examples : "The washing machine goes through several cycles to clean clothes properly. " time physics process system Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence. Examples : "electoral cycle" process time science system biology physics ecology nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The members of the sequence formed by such a process. Examples : "The washing machine runs through several cycles of rinsing and spinning to clean the clothes. " process system Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share In musical set theory, an interval cycle is the set of pitch classes resulting from repeatedly applying the same interval class to the starting pitch class. Examples : "The interval cycle C4 consists of the pitch classes 0, 4 and 8; when starting on E, it is realised as the pitches E, G# and C." music theory math Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A series of poems, songs or other works of art. Examples : "The "Ring of the Nibelung" is a cycle of four operas by Richard Wagner." art literature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A programme on a washing machine, dishwasher, or other such device. Examples : "Put the washing in on a warm cycle." machine device utility technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A pedal-powered vehicle, such as a unicycle, bicycle, or tricycle, or a motorized vehicle that has either two or three wheels. Examples : "The children left their cycles locked up outside the school gates. " vehicle machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A single, a double, a triple, and a home run hit by the same player in the same game. Examples : "Jones hit for the cycle in the game." sport game achievement Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A closed walk or path, with or without repeated vertices allowed. Examples : "The delivery trucks follow different cycles around the city each week, repeating some streets but always ending up back at the warehouse. " math technical structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (algebraic topology) A chain whose boundary is zero. Examples : "In this simplified model of a network, the cycles represent closed loops where data can flow continuously without beginning or end, ensuring no loss of information at the boundaries. " math theory Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres. Examples : "Ancient astronomers believed the Earth was at the center of several cycles in the heavens. " astronomy astrology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An age; a long period of time. Examples : "The ancient trees in the forest have stood there for cycles, witnessing the rise and fall of civilizations. " time age history Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An orderly list for a given time; a calendar. Examples : "The school's weekly schedule is a detailed cycle of classes and activities. " time list Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share One entire round in a circle or a spire. Examples : "a cycle or set of leaves" time physics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A discharge of a taser. Examples : "The police officer administered three cycles of the taser to subdue the suspect. " police technology weapon device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To ride a bicycle or other cycle. Examples : "Every morning, she cycles to work to avoid traffic. " vehicle sport action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle. Examples : "The washing machine cycles through the wash, rinse, and spin. " process machine system technology function Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To turn power off and back on Examples : "Avoid cycling the device unnecessarily." electronics technology machine device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share 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 Examples : "They have their cycling game going tonight." sport game Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading