Cycle

Cycle, and in some cases cyclic, may refer to:

• A process that returns to its beginning and repeats itself in the same sequence. Such processes are seen in many fields, such as physics, mathematics, biology, astronomy, economics, audio frequency, etc.
• Bicycle or Motorcycle
• See also List of cycles

Chemistry

• Cyclic compound

Economics

• Business cycle, economy-wide fluctuations in production or economic activity over several months or years

Mathematics

• Algebraic cycle and Hodge cycle, homology classes in algebraic geometry
• Cycle (algebraic topology), a simplicial chain with zero boundary
• Cycle (graph theory), a nontrivial path in a graph from a node to itself
• Cycle (mathematics), a basic permutation (all permutations are products of cycles)
  • Cyclic (mathematics) shows other terms in mathematics beginning with cyclic or cycle
• Turn (geometry) or cycle, a unit of plane angle equal to 360 degrees

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 (Cartel album)
• Cycles (David Darling album)
• Cycles (Doobie Brothers album)
• Cycles (Frank Sinatra album)
• Interval cycle, a collection of pitch classes generated from a sequence the same interval class

Miscellaneous

• Battery cycle, charging and discharging a rechargeable battery
• Cyclic flower, in botany, one way in which flower parts may be arranged
• Cycle (baseball), a single, double, triple, and home run (in any order) by the same player in one game
• Cycle (film), a 2008 Malayalam film
• Cyclic control, a primary flight control for helicopters
• Instruction cycle, the time period during which a computer processes a machine language instruction
• Social cycle - various cycles in social sciences

See also

• All pages beginning with "Cycle"
• All pages with titles containing "Cycle"
• All pages beginning with "cycl"
• All pages with titles containing "cycl"
• Frequency (disambiguation)
• Periodicity

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