multicycle

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English

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Etymology

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From multi- +‎ cycle.

Noun

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multicycle (plural multicycles)

  1. A kind of bicycle designed to carry more than two riders.
  2. A velocipede with more than three wheels; specifically, one developed in the 19th century with seven pairs of wheels, capable of carrying five to twelve people but steered by only one.

References

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  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia.

Adjective

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multicycle (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to more than one cycle.
    • 2009, David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy, Computer organization and design: the hardware/software interface, page xix:
      Mark Hill suggested dropping the multicycle processor implementation and instead adding a multicycle cache controller to the memory hierarchy chapter. This allowed the processor to be presented in a single chapter instead of two.