Noun

Singular cycle

Plural cycles

cycle (plural cycles)

1. An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.
2. A complete rotation of anything.
3. A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.
4. A series of poems, songs or other works of art
5. A programme/program on a washing machine, dishwasher, etc.

   Put the washing in on a warm cycle.

6. A generic term for a pedal-powered vehicle (unicycles, bicycles and tricycles), or motorized vehicle that has either two or three wheels (motorbike, motorcycle, motorized tricycle, motortrike).
7. (baseball) A single, a double, a triple, and a home run hit by the same player in the same game.

   Jones hit for the cycle in the game.

8. (graph theory) a closed (directed) walk or path, with or without repeated vertices allowed

Derived terms

• cyclic
• acyclic

Cycle or cyclic may refer to:

In music

• Cycle (music), a section of a piece that is repeated or repeatable
• Cyclic form, a technique of construction involving multiple sections or movements
• Cycles (The Doobie Brothers album)
• Cycles (Frank Sinatra album)

In mathematics and physics:

• Cycle (mathematics), a basic permutation - all permutations are products of cycles
• Algebraic cycle and Hodge cycle, homology classes in algebraic geometry
• Cycle (graph theory), a nontrivial path in a graph from a node to itself
• Cyclic (mathematics) shows other terms in mathematics beginning with cyclic or cycle
• Turn (geometry) or cycle, a unit of plane angle equal to 360 degrees

In other sciences and engineering:

• In ecology and Earth science, a biogeochemical cycle or nutrient cycle is a pathway by which a chemical element or molecule moves through compartments of Earth
• Business cycle, the repetitive expansions and contractions of the macroeconomy
• Cyclic compound, a chemical compound in which a series of carbon atoms form a loop
• Duty cycle in electronics and telecommunication
• Instruction cycle, in computers
• Menstrual cycle, a 23 to 35 day long cycle of physiologic changes that occurs in reproductive-age females

In literature:

• a literary cycle

Miscellaneous:

• Cycle (baseball), a single, double, triple, and home run (in any order) by the same player in one game
• Cycle (film), a 2008 Malayalam film