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cycle noun 1 a constantly repeating series of events or processes. 2 a recurring period of years; an age. 3 physics one of a regularly repeated set of similar changes, eg in the movement of a wave, with the duration of one cycle being equal to the period (noun 10) of the motion, and the rate at which a cycle is repeated per unit time being equal to its frequency (noun 3). 4 a series of poems, songs, plays, etc centred on a particular person or happening. 5 short for a bicycle; b motorcycle; c tricycle. verb (cycled, cycling) 1 tr & intr to ride a bicycle. 2 intrans to happen in cycles.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Greek kyklos circle.
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