(operations) The total elapsed time to complete an operation or set of operations.

plural of cycle time

(biochemistry) A series of biochemical reactions that take place in the stroma of chloroplasts in photosynthetic organisms.

(mathematics) A chord of a graph cycle, one of whose endpoints is not a vertex.

(thermodynamics) using multiple thermodynamic cycles so that the overall effect is greater than the sum of the parts

(electronics) The ratio between the amount of time in which the clock's signal is high and the clock's period.

(climatology) Any of the three cyclic variations in the Earth's orbit around the Sun, respectively the obliquity of its axis, the precession of the equinoxes, and the eccentricity of its orbit.

(physiology) The cycle of the thickening of the uterine lining in anticipation of an embryo implantation.

(physiology) The cycle associated with the maturation of the oocyte and its discharge from the ovary, from where it passes through the oviduct to the uterus.

(physiology) The repeating physiological changes that are influenced by hormones controlling reproduction in placental mammals other than human beings and greater apes.