Look up: Cycle

1. cycle
   (unit) 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 hims...
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2. cycle
   several movements intended to be performed together; often refers to a setting of the five movements of the mass ordinary (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus dei). Movements in a cycle are connected by mode, voicing, musical material and/or musical technique.
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3. Cycle
   a ring or turn, from the Greek Kuklos; more properly a spiral; a day and night are a cycle; a year is another. The returning again of any time or any impression. The subject of cycles is of the greatest importance, as it includes all history and all evolution. The best known large cycle is the sidereal, a little over 25,000 years.
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4. Cycle
   Economies go through periods of expansion and contraction called cycles. A typical market cycle would start with a period of low economic activity and low confidence, causing inflation and interest rates to fall. These low interest rates stimulate economic activity. As the economy improves, company ...
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5. cycle
   [n] - an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs 2. [n] - a series of poems or songs on the same theme 3. [n] - a periodically repeated sequence of events 4. [n] - a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon 5. [n] - a shortened versio...
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6. Cycle
   1) An alternation of a waveform which begins at a point, passes through the zero line, and ends at a point with the same value and moving in the same direction as the starting point.
   2) On a Solid State Logic Console, a command to have the console computer control the tape machine to play and replay a certain section of the tape.
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7. cycle
   any repeatedly looped animation e.g using drawings 1,3,5,7,1,3,5,7  etc.
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8. Cycle
   A complete cycle of a wave is equivalent to one complete wavelength of that wave. The time taken to produce one complete cycle is called the period of the wave. The number of cycles per second is called the frequency of the wave
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9. Cycle
   One complete vibration of a sound source or its electrical equivalent. One cycle per second is expressed as 1Hertz (Hz).
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10. Cycle
    a series of related musical structures, e.g. the circle of fifths or cycle of keys
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11. Cycle
    One complete repetition of a periodic motion. It may start anywhere in the motion. See also: Frequency, Period, Periodic.
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12. Cycle
    A single charge and discharge of a battery.
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13. cycle
    a path through a graph in which a given node appears more than once Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • the discharge and subsequent recharge of the cell or battery to restore the initial conditions Category: Electrical engineering and energy • ...
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14. cycle
    A system which uses feedback to input extra data.
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15. Cycle
    Cy'cle noun [ French ycle , Late Latin cyclus , from Greek ky`klos ring or circle, cycle; akin to Sanskrit cakra wheel, circle. See Wheel .] 1. An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celes...
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16. Cycle
    Cy'cle intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Cycled . (-k'ld); present participle & verbal noun Cycling (-kl...ng).] 1. To pass through a cycle of changes; to recur in cyc...
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17. Cycle
    Cy'cle noun (a) (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 i...
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18. cycle
    A round or succession of observable phenomena, recurring usually at regular intervals and in the same sequence. ... Origin: Gr. Kyklos = circle ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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19. cycle
    noun a series of poems or songs on the same theme; `Schubert`s song cycles`
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20. cycle
    rhythm noun an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs; `the never-ending cycle of the seasons`
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21. cycle
    verb recur in repeating sequences
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22. cycle
    (si´kәl) a succession or recurring series of events.
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23. Cycle
    • (n.) A bicycle or tricycle, or other light velocipede. • (n.) One entire round in a circle or a spire; as, a cycle or set of leaves. • (n.) An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres. • (n.) An orderly list for a given time; a calendar. • (n....
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24. cycle
    (from the article `combinatorics`) ..., the edges being evident by context. The chain is closed if 0 = and open otherwise. If the chain is closed, it is called a cycle, provided its ...
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25. cycle
    in literature, a group of prose or poetic narratives, usually of different authorship, centring on a legendary hero and his associates. The term ... [4 related articles]
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