cycles
/ˈsaɪkəlz/noun
Definitions
An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.
Example: the cycle of the seasons, or of the year
A complete rotation of anything.
A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.
Example: electoral cycle
The members of the sequence formed by such a process.
verb
Definitions
To ride a bicycle or other cycle.
To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.
To turn power off and back on
Example: Avoid cycling the device unnecessarily.
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
Example: They have their cycling game going tonight.