List of cycles

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This is a list of recurring cycles. See also Index of wave articles, Time, and Pattern.

Planetary cycles

Astronomical cycles

AstronomyAxial precessionCNO cycleEclipse cycleEclipse – Full moon cycle – Galactic yearGreat YearLunar phase – Mesoamerican calendars – Metonic cycleMilankovitch cyclesMiraMoonNutationOrbitOrbital period – Saros cycle – Sothic cycle – Secularity – Sidereal yearSunspotTideTropical yearYear

Climate and weather cycles

Animal migrationAvalancheCarbon cycleClimate changeClimate change and agricultureClimate modelClimate oscillation – Clock of the Long Now – EcologyEl Niño/La Niña – Endometrium – Environmental geography – Global coolingGlobal warming – Historical temperature record – Hydrogen cycleIce age – Transhumance – Milankovitch cyclesMonsoonPleistoceneSeasonSulfur cycleSunspotTide – Timeline of meteorology – 1500-year climate cycle

Geological cycles

Age of the EarthAluminum cycleArsenic cycleBoron cycle – Bromine cycle – Cadmium cycleCalcium cycleCarbonate–silicate cycleChlorine cycleChromium cycleClimate changeCopper cycleCycle of erosionDynamic topographyDynamic topographyEarthquake cycleFluorine cycle – Glaciation – Gold cycleIodine cycleIron cycleLead cycleLithium cycleManganese cycleMass extinction cyclesMercury cycle – Methane cycle – Ozone–oxygen cyclePhosphorus cycleSelenium cycleSilica cycleSupercontinent cycleVanadium cycleWilson cycleZinc cycle

Organic cycles

Agricultural cycles

Agricultural cycle – Carbon cycleCrop rotationFertile Crescent – Harvest – Nitrogen cycle – Organic farming – Phosphorus cycleSeasonSulfur cycle – Soil degradation – Sustainable industries – Water cycle

Biological and medical cycles

Alternation of generationsBeta oxidationBioelectricityBiological pest controlBiological rhythmBipolar disorder – Cardiopulmonary resuscitation – Calvin–Benson cycle – Cell cycleChronobiologyCitric acid cycleCircadian rhythm – Clinical depression – DigestionEcologyFeedbackInfradian rhythm - Life cycle – List of biochemistry topics – Marine biologyMenstrual cycleNeurofeedbackNon-Hodgkin lymphoma – Organic farming – Periodical cicadasPolymerase chain reaction – Soil degradation – Stomach cancerTriageUltradian rhythm - Urea cycleZygote

Brain waves and cycles

BioelectricityCircadian rhythmConsciousnessElectroencephalographyNeurofeedbackPersistent vegetative state – Sjögren's syndrome – Sleep - Ultradian rhythm

Physics cycles

Cyclic process – Carnot cycleDouble-slit experiment – Dynamic theory of gravity – Physics of music – ResonanceSonoluminescenceSpeed of lightSunspot

Mathematics of waves and cycles

Almost periodic functionAmplitude modulationAmplitudeBeatChaos theoryCyclic groupDiffractionDoppler effect – Eigenstate – Eigenvalue – Fibonacci sequenceFourier seriesFrequency domainFrequency spectrumHamiltonian (quantum mechanics)Harmonic oscillatorHuygens–Fresnel principleLongitudinal waveMechanical waveNavier–Stokes equationsPartial differential equationPeriodic functionPermutationPhase (waves) – Physics of music – Power spectrum – Signal – Sine wave – Spectrum of an operator – Translational symmetryTransverse waveWave equationWave–particle dualityWaveWaveform

Electromagnetic spectrum

Absorption spectroscopyAnders Jonas ÅngströmAstronomical spectroscopyAstronomyBlack bodyBlazarBremsstrahlungCaesiumCherenkov radiationColorDiffractionDigital signal processingDirect-sequence spread spectrumDispersion (optics) – Eigenstate – Eigenvalue – Electromagnetic radiation – Electromagnetic spectroscopy – Electromagnetic spectrumElectromagnetism – Emission line – Emission spectrumFM broadcastingFrequency domain – Frequency hopping – Frequency spectrumGamma-ray burstHamiltonian (quantum mechanics)History of radio – Hue – IsotopeLightOptical brightenerParticle in a spherically symmetric potentialPiezoelectricity – Power spectrum – RADARRadio frequencyRadio – Radiocommunications Agency – Redshift – SETI – SpectrogramSpectrometerSpectroscopySpectrum analyzerSunyaev–Zel'dovich effectSupernovaTelecommunicationTimbreVery high frequencyVisible lightVisible spectrumWhite noise

Sound waves

Acoustic theoryAcousticsAerodynamicsAmplitudeAnemometer – Audio feedback – Beat (acoustics) – Bugging – Cherenkov radiationCold fusionCompressibilityDelay-line memoryDiffractionDoppler effectEcho soundingElectronic filter – FTIR – Krakatoa – LoudspeakerMach numberMicrophoneOssicles – Pan pipes – Parabolic microphonePhoneticsPhononPiezoelectricityPsychoacousticsSawtooth waveShock wave – SID – Sonar – Sonic boomSonoluminescenceSoundproofing – Sound recording – SoundSpeech processingSpeed of soundSperm whaleSquare waveSubsonic – Subtractive synthesis – SynthesizerTelephoneTransmission lineTriangle waveWave dragWaveform

Miscellaneous cycles

Economic and business cycles

Business cycleInflation / RecessionMonetary policyVirtuous circle and vicious circleKitchin cycleJuglar cycleKuznets swing

Music and rhythm cycles

Harmonics – Interval cycle – Musica universalis – Music theory – Physics of music – Ring cycle – Rhythm – Song cycle

Religious, mythological, and spiritual cycles

AstrologyMantraNumerologyPratītyasamutpāda – Samhain – Sexagenary cycleSurya

Social and cultural cycles

Dynastic cycleKondratiev waveSocial cycle theory – Tytler cycle

Military and war

War cycles - Joshua S. Goldstein - George Modelski

Literature

Literature cycle – Play cycle – Sonnet cycle