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Cycles

/ˈsaɪkəlz/

An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.

📖 Definitions of "Cycles"

noun
  1. 1

    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"

  2. 2

    A complete rotation of anything.

  3. 3

    A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.

    "electoral cycle"

  4. 4

    The members of the sequence formed by such a process.

verb
  1. 1

    To ride a bicycle or other cycle.

  2. 2

    To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.

  3. 3

    To turn power off and back on

    "Avoid cycling the device unnecessarily."

  4. 4

    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."

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