Cycle

Cycle or cyclic may refer to:

• Bicycle
• Motorcycle

Mathematics

• Cyclic (mathematics), a list of mathematics articles with "cyclic" in the title
• Cycle (algebraic topology), a simplicial chain with 0 boundary
• Cycle (graph theory), a nontrivial path in a graph from a node to itself
  • Cycle graph, a graph that is itself a cycle
  • Cycle matroid, a matroid derived from the cycle structure of a graph
• Cyclic group, a group generated by a single element
• Cycle (sequence), a sequence with repeating values
  • Cycle detection, the algorithmic problem of detecting eventual repetitions in sequences generated by iterated functions
• Cycle, a set equipped with a cyclic order
  • Necklace (combinatorics), equivalence classes of cyclically ordered sequences of symbols modulo certain symmetries
• Cyclic permutation, a basic permutation (all permutations are products of cycles)
• Cycles per second, a unit of frequency, the modern equivalent being hertz
• Turn (geometry) or cycle, a unit of plane angle equal to 360 degrees

Music

• Cycle (music) - may refer to a set of musical pieces that belong together (e.g. song cycle) or a harmonic cycle - repetition of a harmonic sequence. See also Cyclic form and Interval cycle.
• Cycle, a 2003 album by Merzbow
• Cycle, a 2014 album by Buckethead.
• Cycle (Paul Horn album), 1965
• Cycles (Cartel album) (2009)
• Cycles (David Darling album) (1981)
• Cycles (The Doobie Brothers album) (1989)
• Cycles (Frank Sinatra album) (1968)
• Cycles (Redbone album)
• Cyclic form, a technique of construction involving multiple sections or movements
• Interval cycle, a collection of pitch classes generated from a sequence the same interval class

Literature

• Literary cycle – e.g. Arthurian cycle, see List of cycles

Other uses

• 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
• Cycle (gene)
• Cycle (magazine), an American motorcycling enthusiast magazine
• Charge cycle, charging and discharging a rechargeable battery
• Instruction cycle, the time period during which a computer processes a machine language instruction
• Reference cycle, where a software object refers directly or indirectly to itself
• Social cycle, various cycles in social sciences
• Cyclic history, a theory of history
• Cyclical theory, a theory of American political history associated with Arthur Schlesinger, Sr
• Cyclic compound
• Cyclic flower, in botany, one way in which flower parts may be arranged
• Cycles, a render engine for Blender
• Cyclic, a primary flight control for helicopters

See also

• The Cycle (disambiguation)
• Tricycle
• Unicycle
• Thermodynamic cycle
• All pages beginning with "Cycle"
• All pages with titles containing Cycle
• All pages beginning with "cycl"
• All pages with titles containing cycl
• Frequency (disambiguation)
• Periodic, periodicity