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'''Cycle''', '''cycles''', or '''cyclic''' may refer to:

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== 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)|''Cycle'' (2008 film)]], a Malayalam film
* [[Cycle (2017 film)|''Cycle'' (2017 film)]], a Marathi film

=== Literature ===
* [[Cycle (magazine)|''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 of the same interval class
** [[Song cycle]], individually complete songs designed to be performed in a sequence as a unit

==== Albums ====
* [[Cycle (album)|''Cycle'' (album)]], a 1965 album by the Paul Horn Quintet
* ''Cycle'', a 2003 album by [[Masami Akita discography|Merzbow]]
* ''Cycle'', a 2014 album by [[Buckethead discography|Buckethead]]
* [[Cycles (Cartel album)|''Cycles'' (Cartel album)]], 2009
* [[Cycles (David Darling album)|''Cycles'' (David Darling album)]], 1981
* [[Cycles (The Doobie Brothers album)|''Cycles'' (The Doobie Brothers album)]], 1989
* [[Cycles (Frank Sinatra album)|''Cycles'' (Frank Sinatra album)]], 1968
* [[Cycles (Redbone album)|''Cycles'' (Redbone album)]], 1977
* ''Cycles'', a 2021 album by [[Sam Teskey]]

==== Songs ====
* "Cycles", a 1968 song by Frank Sinatra on his album ''[[Cycles (Frank Sinatra album)|Cycles]]''
* [[Cycles (song)|"Cycles" (song)]], a 2018 song by Tove Lo
* "Cycle" an interlude by Beck from ''[[Morning Phase]]'', 2014

== Science, technology, and mathematics ==
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=== 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 (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 (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 repetitions in sequences generated by iterated functions
* Cycle, a set equipped with a [[cyclic order]]
** [[Necklace (combinatorics)]], an 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 ===
* [[Cycle (angular unit)]], a unit of plane angle or rotation
* [[Charge cycle]], charging and discharging a rechargeable battery
* [[Thermodynamic cycle]], a sequence of processes that transfer heat and work into and out of a system
* [[Wave cycle]], the repeatable part of a periodic wave
* Cyclic, a primary [[Helicopter flight controls#Cyclic|flight control for helicopters]]
* [[Cyclic compound]]
* ''Cycle'' in [[cycle per second]], which is a unit of frequency (rate of repetition)
** A period in [[alternating current]]

== Vehicles ==
* [[Bicycle]]
* [[Motorcycle]]
* [[Quadricycle]]
* [[Tricycle]]
* [[Unicycle]]

== Other uses ==
* [[Cycling]], a sport
* [[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

== See also ==
* [[Frequency (disambiguation)]]
* [[List of cycles]]
* [[Periodicity (disambiguation)]]
* [[The Cycle (disambiguation)]]
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