cycler


cy·cle

C0834500 (sī′kəl)n.1. An interval of time during which a characteristic, often regularly repeated event or sequence of events occurs: Sunspots increase and decrease in intensity in an 11-year cycle.2. a. A single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon: A year constitutes a cycle of the seasons.b. A periodically repeated sequence of events: the cycle of birth, growth, and death; a cycle of reprisal and retaliation.3. The orbit of a celestial body.4. A long period of time; an age.5. a. The aggregate of traditional poems or stories organized around a central theme or hero: the Arthurian cycle.b. A series of poems or songs on the same theme: Schubert's song cycles.6. A bicycle, motorcycle, or similar vehicle.7. Botany A circular or whorled arrangement of flower parts such as those of petals or sepals.8. Baseball The achievement of hitting a single, double, triple, and home run in a single game.v. cy·cled, cy·cling, cy·cles v.intr.1. To occur in or pass through a cycle.2. To move in or as if in a cycle.3. To ride a bicycle, motorcycle, or similar vehicle.v.tr. To use in or put through a cycle: cycled the heavily soiled laundry twice; cycling the recruits through eight weeks of basic training.
[Middle English cicle, from Late Latin cyclus, from Greek kuklos, circle; see kwel- in Indo-European roots.]
cy′cler n.
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