Phonetic Breakdown of "cycles"
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Standard Phonetic Pronunciation:
/ˈsaɪkəlz/
Phonetic representation based on standard dictionaries
IPA Phonetic Pronunciation:
S AY1 K AH0 L Z
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Definition of "cycles"
Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪkəlz/
Noun
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An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.Example: "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.Example: "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.Example: "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.Example: "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.Example: "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.Example: "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.Example: "a cycle or set of leaves"
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A discharge of a taser.
Verb
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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 onExample: "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 goalExample: "They have their cycling game going tonight."
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