multicycle

Etymology

From multi- + cycle.

multicycle means of or pertaining to more than one cycle. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

adj

Of or pertaining to more than one cycle.“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.”

noun

A kind of bicycle designed to carry more than two riders.
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.