Word Finder - cycle

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An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.

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the cycle of the seasons, or of the year

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A complete rotation of anything.

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A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.

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electoral cycle

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The members of the sequence formed by such a process.

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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.

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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.

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A series of poems, songs or other works of art.

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The "Ring of the Nibelung" is a cycle of four operas by Richard Wagner.

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A programme on a washing machine, dishwasher, or other such device.

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Put the washing in on a warm cycle.

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A pedal-powered vehicle, such as a unicycle, bicycle, or tricycle, or a motorized vehicle that has either two or three wheels.

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A single, a double, a triple, and a home run hit by the same player in the same game.

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Jones hit for the cycle in the game.

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A closed walk or path, with or without repeated vertices allowed.

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(algebraic topology) A chain whose boundary is zero.

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An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.

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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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One entire round in a circle or a spire.

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a cycle or set of leaves

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A discharge of a taser.

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To ride a bicycle or other cycle.

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To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.

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To turn power off and back on

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Avoid cycling the device unnecessarily.

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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

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They have their cycling game going tonight.

The Alexander cycle was no less popular in Great Britain.

He programmed the computer to respond in training cycle mode and glanced at the communication link again.

At first an eight years' cycle was adopted, but it was found to be faulty, then the Jewish cycle of 84 years was used, and remained in force at Rome till the year 457, when a more accurate calculation of a cycle of 532 years, invented by Victorius of Acquitaine, took its place.

She had to decline the last trip because it coincided with her monthly cycle - and this trip was cutting the time close.

The process whereby the independent hero of the Lanzelet (who, though his mother is Arthur's sister, has but the slightest connexion with the British king), the faithful husband of Iblis, became converted into the principal ornament of Arthur's court, and the devoted lover of the queen, is by no means easy to follow, nor do other works of the cycle explain the transformation.

Warden says one every moon cycle.

Thus began the cycle of the twelve labours.

Now when the Hebrews succeeded to these agricultural conditions and acquired possession of the Canaanite abodes, they naturally fell into the same cycle of religious ideas and tradition.

Lancelot, however, is not an original member of the cycle, and the development of his story is still a source of considerable perplexity to the critic.

In later Jewish custom the one-year cycle of reading of sections from the Pentateuch ends on the concluding day of Tabernacles, which is therefore known as the Rejoicing of the Law (Simhat Torah).

She was over two weeks late for her menstrual cycle and felt a little nauseous.

There is a growing national network of cycle paths.

Throughout the entire life cycle of a product engineers are frequently required to predict how changes could propagate.

Meeting this with military intervention can only perpetuate the cycle.

In the previous economic cycle, interest rates remained in double figures for over four years.

We couldn't find an auto rickshaw so we settled for a cycle rickshaw.

The time it takes a flea to complete this life cycle is extremely variable.

Roots Roots are indeterminate organs that continue growing throughout the plant life cycle - an ideal experimental system to study patterning.

Two carrier proteins in the inner mitochondrial membrane are required for this metabolic cycle.

The result will be the converter power rating in Watts for 100% duty factor, often misnamed duty cycle.

Guest houses, camping or Maharaja's palace whilst on cycle.

They describe the life cycle of the mosquito parasite plasmodium.

I don't ride on the pavements, jump red lights or cycle down the inside of traffic queues.

However candidates can apply for both a one-year reprieve fellowship and a two-year Reprieve Fellowship in the same application cycle.

You will also have a chance to enjoy a cycle rickshaw ride in the by-lanes of the old city.

It is now possible to cycle away from traffic along the Thames path along most of the boro's riverfront.

The C2C can be turned into a circular route by returning to Whitehaven via the Reivers Cycle Route.

The continuous cycle of birth, growth, death and rebirth is called samsara.

The QIC includes details of the hosts, description and life cycle, damage, sources and pest status of the European spruce sawfly.

Also nearby is picturesque reservoir where you can fish, cycle, walk or just admire the scenery.

Individual review cycles are determined by seniority with promotion opening up a new review cycle.

The acceleration of the news cycle by necessity leads to less careful checking, while competition leads to more sensationalism.

Should a fax server participant fail during the transaction cycle, a full recovery will be made once the fax server operation is restored.

This greatly increases the cycle network effectiveness and reduces the community severance caused by these roads.

At the waxing sextile and the waning trine of every cycle, when Pluto returns to Scorpio, such a protracted aspect happens.

The next cycle starts either to improve upon the outcome or to overcome the shortcomings of the previous cycle.

This causes a shortening of the hair's growth cycle.

This resulted in government funding to sort out serious shortfalls in cycle parking at 200 sites.

These helmet arguments have become an irrelevant sideshow in the story of cycle safety.

Benjamin became a cycle builder, as did Jack, and my father served an apprenticeship as a press toolmaker.

Blocks the malate / aspartate cycle by inhibiting glutamate - oxaloacetate transaminase (GOT ).

Continue along country lane into Campton continue through the village to the cycle underpass.

Although share prices are no longer significantly undervalued they are not over-priced for what is probably the early stage in the economic growth cycle.

It made each cycle of the oscillating universe get bigger and last longer than the previous one.

However, given the current upswing in the housing market, it will now be correctly timed to dampen the business cycle.

As one island volcano becomes extinct, another develops over the hotspot, and the cycle is repeated.

This is similar to the repulsive reproductive cycle of the ichneumon wasp.

Many homes are connected to a metered municipal water system, which forms the entire domestic water cycle outside of the internal Distribution system.

They are actually giant grasses but differ by having woody stems or culms and a unique life cycle.

The astrological zodiac has its roots in the science of astronomy - a legacy from the twelve divisions of the precessional cycle.