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Noun
cycles- Plural of cycle
French
Noun
m|p- Plural of cycle
Extensive Definition
Cycle or Cyclic may refer to:
- Motorcycle
- Bicycle
- Cycling, the act of riding a bicycle
- -cycle, a suffix in the English language
In music:
- Cycle (music), a section of a piece that is repeated or repeatable
- Cyclic form, a technique of construction involving multiple sections or movements
- Cycles (The Doobie Brothers album)
- Cycles (Frank Sinatra album)
In other uses:
- Cycle (mathematics), into which any permutation may be decomposed
- Cycle (graph theory)
- Cycle (baseball), a single, double, triple, and home run in a single game of baseball
- Cycle (film), a 2008 Malayalam film
- Cyclic compound, a chemical compound in which a series of carbon atoms form a loop
- Epic Cycle, a set of ancient Greek epic poems about the Trojan War
- Menstrual cycle, a 28 day long cycle of physiologic changes that occurs in reproductive-age females
- Fenian Cycle
See also
- Hodge cycle, a particular kind of homology class in algebra
- Duty cycle in electronics and telecommunication
- Instruction cycle, in computers
cycles in Czech: Cyklus
cycles in German: Kreislauf
cycles in French: Cycle
cycles in Hungarian: Ciklus
cycles in Japanese: サイクル
cycles in Polish: Cykl
cycles in Russian: Цикл
cycles in Simple English: Cycle
cycles in Slovak: Cyklus
cycles in Ukrainian: Цикл