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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
cycle
n 1: an interval during which a recurring sequence of events
occurs; "the never-ending cycle of the seasons" [syn:
cycle, rhythm, round]
2: a series of poems or songs on the same theme; "Schubert's
song cycles"
3: a periodically repeated sequence of events; "a cycle of
reprisal and retaliation"
4: the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of
one second [syn: hertz, Hz, cycle per second,
cycles/second, cps, cycle]
5: a single complete execution of a periodically repeated
phenomenon; "a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons" [syn:
cycle, oscillation]
6: a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot
pedals [syn: bicycle, bike, wheel, cycle]
v 1: cause to go through a recurring sequence; "cycle the
laundry in this washing program"
2: pass through a cycle; "This machine automatically cycles"
3: ride a motorcycle [syn: motorbike, motorcycle, cycle]
4: ride a bicycle [syn: bicycle, cycle, bike, pedal,
wheel]
5: recur in repeating sequences
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Cycle \Cy"cle\ (s?"k'l), n. [F. ycle, LL. cyclus, fr. Gr.
ky`klos ring or circle, cycle; akin to Skr. cakra wheel,
circle. See Wheel.]
1. An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the
celestial spheres. --Milton.
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2. An interval of time in which a certain succession of
events or phenomena is completed, and then returns again
and again, uniformly and continually in the same order; a
periodical space of time marked by the recurrence of
something peculiar; as, the cycle of the seasons, or of
the year.
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Wages . . . bear a full proportion . . . to the
medium of provision during the last bad cycle of
twenty years. --Burke.
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3. An age; a long period of time.
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Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay.
--Tennyson.
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4. An orderly list for a given time; a calendar. [Obs.]
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We . . . present our gardeners with a complete cycle
of what is requisite to be done throughout every
month of the year. --Evelyn.
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5. The circle of subjects connected with the exploits of the
hero or heroes of some particular period which have served
as a popular theme for poetry, as the legend of Arthur and
the knights of the Round Table, and that of Charlemagne
and his paladins.
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6. (Bot.) One entire round in a circle or a spire; as, a
cycle or set of leaves. --Gray.
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7. A bicycle or tricycle, or other light velocipede.
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8. A motorcycle.
[PJC]
9. (Thermodynamics) A series of operations in which heat is
imparted to (or taken away from) a working substance which
by its expansion gives up a part of its internal energy in
the form of mechanical work (or being compressed increases
its internal energy) and is again brought back to its
original state.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
10. (Technology) A complete positive and negative, or forward
and reverse, action of any periodic process, such as a
vibration, an electric field oscillation, or a current
alternation; one period. Hence: (Elec.) A complete
positive and negative wave of an alternating current. The
number of cycles (per second) is a measure of the
frequency of an alternating current.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. + PJC]
Calippic cycle, a period of 76 years, or four Metonic
cycles; -- so called from Calippus, who proposed it as an
improvement on the Metonic cycle.
Cycle of eclipses, a period of about 6,586 days, the time
of revolution of the moon's node; -- called Saros by the
Chaldeans.
Cycle of indiction, a period of 15 years, employed in Roman
and ecclesiastical chronology, not founded on any
astronomical period, but having reference to certain
judicial acts which took place at stated epochs under the
Greek emperors.
Cycle of the moon, or Metonic cycle, a period of 19
years, after the lapse of which the new and full moon
returns to the same day of the year; -- so called from
Meton, who first proposed it.
Cycle of the sun, Solar cycle, a period of 28 years, at
the end of which time the days of the month return to the
same days of the week. The dominical or Sunday letter
follows the same order; hence the solar cycle is also
called the cycle of the Sunday letter. In the Gregorian
calendar the solar cycle is in general interrupted at the
end of the century.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Cycle \Cy"cle\ (s?"k'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cycled. (-k'ld);
p. pr. & vb. n. Cycling (-kl?ng).]
1. To pass through a cycle[2] of changes; to recur in cycles.
--Tennyson. --Darwin.
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2. To ride a bicycle, tricycle, or other form of cycle.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
cycle \cy"cle\ (s?"k'l), v. t.
To cause to pass through a cycle[2].
[PJC] Cyclic
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5. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) |
cycle
1. n. The basic unit of computation. What every hacker wants more of (noted
hacker Bill Gosper described himself as a ?cycle junkie?). One can describe
an instruction as taking so many clock cycles. Often the computer can
access its memory once on every clock cycle, and so one speaks also of
memory cycles. These are technical meanings of cycle. The jargon meaning
comes from the observation that there are only so many cycles per second,
and when you are sharing a computer the cycles get divided up among the
users. The more cycles the computer spends working on your program rather
than someone else's, the faster your program will run. That's why every
hacker wants more cycles: so he can spend less time waiting for the
computer to respond.
2. By extension, a notional unit of human thought power, emphasizing that
lots of things compete for the typical hacker's think time. ?I refused to
get involved with the Rubik's Cube back when it was big. Knew I'd burn too
many cycles on it if I let myself.?
3. vt. Syn. bounce (sense 4), from the phrase ?cycle power?. ?Cycle the
machine again, that serial port's still hung.?
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6. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) |
cycle
A basic unit of computation, one period of a computer
clock.
Each instruction takes a number of clock cycles. Often the
computer can access its memory once on every clock cycle, and
so one speaks also of "memory cycles".
Every hacker wants more cycles (noted hacker Bill Gosper
describes himself as a "cycle junkie"). There are only so
many cycles per second, and when you are sharing a computer
the cycles get divided up among the users. The more cycles
the computer spends working on your program rather than
someone else's, the faster your program will run. That's why
every hacker wants more cycles: so he can spend less time
waiting for the computer to respond.
The use of the term "cycle" for a computer clock period can
probably be traced back to the rotation of a generator
generating alternating current though computers generally use
a clock signal which is more like a square wave.
Interestingly, the earliest mechanical calculators,
e.g. Babbage's Difference Engine, really did have parts
which rotated in true cycles.
[Jargon File]
(1997-09-30)
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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