Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Pl. cycli (sī′ klī). Same as
cycle , 5. - noun [capitalized] A genus of fossil crustaceans of uncertain character.
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Examples
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There is an interesting kind of cyclus which has been broken this year in that the belts froze icebreakers in action in the years of 1976, 1986 and 1996 but not this year as expected.
Thompson, Hardy, Hemp and the Snows of Kilimanjaro « Climate Audit 2006
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"cyclus," or series, shows the painter's power of sustained thought and faculty of invention.
Overbeck J. Beavington Atkinson 1854
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In the first two of the ten-year cyclus they are blue; in the two next, red; in the two following, yellow; in the two next, red; and in the last two, black.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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-- Now Hamburg has set the good example, by representing a whole cyclus (seven operas of Lortzing's), and Dresden has followed with the "Two Grenadiers."
The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas Charles Annesley
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"Odysseus 'Return" is the third of four parts of a cyclus, called the
The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas Charles Annesley
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These Tartaric tribes term the first two years of the ten-year _cyclus_, 'green and greenish,' the two next, 'red and reddish,' and soon, yellow and yellowish, white and whitish, and finally, black and blackish. '
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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As a water-colour painter he attained his greatest triumphs in the cyclus of the Seven Ravens, and in that of the legend of Melusine.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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In "The Valkyrie," properly the first part of the cyclus, the human drama begins.
The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers 1876
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The four dramatic poems which constitute its cyclus were written as early as 1852, which will correct a very general impression that this colossal work was projected during the closing years of his life.
The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers 1876
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This term means "magicians from the south" or "diviners with thorns," and was applied in the Quetzalcoatl mythical cyclus to the legendary enemies of Huitzilopochtli, whom he is said to have destroyed as soon as he was born.
Rig Veda Americanus Sacred Songs of the Ancient Mexicans, With a Gloss in Nahuatl Various 1868
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