-cycle- comes from Greek, where it has the meaning "cycle; circle; wheel.'' This meaning is found in such words as: bicycle, cycle, cyclo, cyclone, cyclotron, recycle, tricycle.
cy•cle(sī′kəl),USA pronunciationn., v.,-cled, -cling. n.
any complete round or series of occurrences that repeats or is repeated.
a round of years or a recurring period of time, esp. one in which certain events or phenomena repeat themselves in the same order and at the same intervals.
any long period of years; age.
Transporta bicycle, motorcycle, tricycle, etc.
Literaturea group of poems, dramas, prose narratives, songs etc., about a central theme, figure, or the like:the Arthurian cycle.
Physics
a sequence of changing states that, upon completion, produces a final state identical to the original one.
one of a succession of periodically recurring events.
a complete alteration in which a phenomenon attains a maximum and minimum value, returning to a final value equal to the original one.
Mathematicsa permutation of a set of elements that leaves the original cyclic order of the elements unchanged.
Computing
the smallest interval of time required to complete an operation in a computer.
a series of computer operations repeated as a unit.
Idioms, Sporthit for the cycle, [Baseball.](of one player) to hit a single, double, triple, and home run in one game.
v.i.
to ride or travel by bicycle, motorcycle, tricycle, etc.
to move or revolve in cycles; pass through cycles.
Greek kýklos cycle, circle, wheel, ring, disk, orb; see wheel