cycle

Examples

• All

• Typical is the way he enters in "True Love," the final poem of Norris's cycle called "Mysteries of the Incarnation."

  Academic text (2000)

• Examples from Cycle 2 are available upon request from the authors.

  Academic text (2015)

• Camus responded with his second set of work, The Cycle of Revolt.

• If his characters are credible, an entire cycle of novels will be his to illustrate.

  Academic text (2011)

• The Little Iliad, the Sack of Troy and Returns are only some poems from the epic cycle that told the entire story of the Trojan War.

• Likewise, a thematically and aesthetically coherent cycle of altarpieces was created for the new Venetian church of Il Redentore.

  Academic text (2000)

• The composer proudly presented his new song cycle, which explored themes of love and loss.

• She published a cycle of poems that each reflected a different season of the year.

• The literary festival featured several authors discussing their cycle of stories inspired by historical events.

Idioms

B

to break the cycle of poverty

1 4.2

To stop poverty passing from parents to children

Compounds

L

life cycle

25 2.6

A series of stages a living thing or product goes through from beginning to end

V

vicious cycle

14 4.8

A situation where one problem causes another and makes things worse

B

business cycle

• Specialized

12 3.5

Repeated periods when an economy grows and then shrinks

M

menstrual cycle

• Specialized

9 3.4

A natural monthly change in a woman's body that prepares for pregnancy

C

carbon cycle

• Specialized

3 3.9

Movement of carbon between the air, living things, soil, and oceans

C

cycle per second

• Archaic

2 4.1

A unit for frequency equal to one complete cycle in one second

C

cycle of rebirth

• Literature

1 7.6

A process of being born again after death many times until you become free

C

cycle rickshaw

1 3.9

A small three-wheeled vehicle that a person pedals to carry passengers for money

K

Krebs cycle

• Specialized

1 5.1

A series of chemical reactions in cells that make energy, carbon dioxide, and water

C

carbon cycle

• Specialized

6.7

A process in hot stars where carbon helps hydrogen join to form helium

C

cardiac cycle

• Specialized

4.2

Events in the heart from one beat to the next, including the upper and lower chambers tightening and relaxing

C

Carnot cycle

• Specialized

9.6

An ideal engine process that shows the highest efficiency a heat engine can reach

C

Carnot's ideal cycle

• Specialized

9.9

A model of a perfect machine that turns heat into work to show the highest possible efficiency

C

citric acid cycle

• Specialized

7.3

A series of chemical reactions in the mitochondria of cells that make energy

F

fixed-cycle operation

• Specialized

6.7

An action that runs for a set number of regular time steps in machines or computers

F

food cycle

• Specialized

4.2

A system where energy and nutrients move between plants, animals and tiny living things that break down dead matter

K

Krebs citric acid cycle

• Specialized

6.9

A series of reactions in the cell's mitochondria that change food molecules into energy

N

nitrogen cycle

• Specialized

4.2

Process that moves nitrogen through soil, plants, animals, and air

T

trade cycle

• UK

5.4

A pattern of rises and falls in the economy, like growth and recession

T

tricarboxylic acid cycle

• Specialized

5.2

A series of chemical reactions in cells that make energy from food

How Many

cycle

• Literature

15 7.2

suite

• Specialized

26 6.0

piece

∞ 3.0

movement

• Specialized

24 7.4

Surface Forms

Etymology