multicycle

multicycle

English

Etymology

multi- +‎ cycle

Noun

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

• The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia.

Adjective

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.