(idiomatic) To act so as to end a repeating pattern of harmful or otherwise negative behavior.

plural of Metonic cycle

(thermodynamics) The cycle for the air engine proposed by Joule. In it air is taken by a pump from a cold chamber and compressed adiabatically until its pressure is equal to that of the air in a hot chamber, into which it is then delivered, thereby displacing an equal amount of hot air into the engine cylinder. Here it expands adiabatically to the temperature of the cold chamber into which it is finally exhausted. This cycle, reversed, is used in refrigeration.

(thermodynamics) An ideal heat-engine cycle in which the working fluid goes through four successive operations: (1) isothermal expansion to a desired point; (2) adiabatic expansion to a desired point; (3) isothermal compression to such a point that (4) adiabatic compression brings it back to its initial state.

plural of four-cycle

Any four-stroke cycle, such as the Otto cycle, for an internal combustion engine.

plural of hydrolic cycle

plural of news cycle

The reporting of a particular media story, from the first instance to the last, often including reporting on public and other reactions to the earlier reports.

Synonym of cycling shorts