Cycle
/ˈsaɪkəl/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Cycle
noun
- An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.
"the cycle of the seasons, or of the year"
- A complete rotation of anything.
- A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.
"electoral cycle"
- The members of the sequence formed by such a process.
- 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.
"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."
verb
- To ride a bicycle or other cycle.
- To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.
- To turn power off and back on
"Avoid cycling the device unnecessarily."
- 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
"They have their cycling game going tonight."