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An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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a cycle or set of leaves
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A discharge of a taser.