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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

event go
something that happens at a given place and time

happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event go
an event that happens

periodic event, recurrent event go
an event that recurs at intervals

cycle, oscillation
a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon

noun.event

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cardiac cycle go
the complete cycle of events in the heart from the beginning of one heart beat to the beginning of the next
Carnot cycle, Carnot's ideal cycle go
a cycle (of expansion and compression) of an idealized reversible heat engine that does work without loss of heat
pass go
one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)
menstrual cycle go
a recurring cycle (beginning at menarche and ending at menopause) in which the endometrial lining of the uterus prepares for pregnancy