Cycle

Cycle or cyclic may refer to:

Anthropology and social sciences

Cyclic history, a theory of history
Cyclical theory, a theory of American political history associated with Arthur Schlesinger, Sr.
Social cycle, various cycles in social sciences
- Business cycle, the downward and upward movement of gross domestic product (GDP) around its ostensible, long-term growth trend

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

Cycle (2008 film), a 2008 Malayalam film
Cycle (2017 film), a 2017 Marathi film

Literature

Cycle (magazine), an American motorcycling enthusiast magazine
Literary cycle, a group of stories focused on common figures

Music

Musical terminology

Cycle (music), a set of musical pieces that belong together
- 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
- Song cycle, individually complete songs designed to be performed in a sequence as a unit

Albums

Cycle (Merzbow album), 2003
Cycle, a 2014 Buckethead album
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), 1977

Songs

"Cycles" (Tove Lo song), 2018
"Cycle" an interlude by Beck from Morning Phase, 2014

Science, technology, and mathematics

Biology

Cycle (gene), a gene in Drosophila melanogaster that encodes the CYCLE protein
Cyclic flower, in botany, one way in which flower parts may be arranged
Menstrual cycle

Computing

Cycles, a render engine for the software Blender
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

Mathematics

Cycle (algebraic topology), a simplicial chain with 0 boundary
Cycle (geometry) or turn (also: revolution), a unit of plane angle equivalent to 360 degrees
- Cycles per second, a unit of frequency, the modern equivalent being hertz
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
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 (mathematics), a list of mathematics articles with "cyclic" in the title
Cyclic group, a group generated by a single element
Cyclic permutation, a basic permutation (all permutations are products of cycles)

Other uses in science and technology

Charge cycle, charging and discharging a rechargeable battery
Thermodynamic cycle, a sequence of processes that involve transfer of heat and work into and out of a system
Cyclic, a primary flight control for helicopters
Cyclic compound

Vehicles

Other uses

Cycle (baseball), a single, double, triple, and home run (in any order) by the same player in one game
Cycle, North Carolina, a community in the United States

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