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    "generatedAt": "2026-09-13T13:03:31Z",
    "providers": [
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      "engine": "claude",
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        "owners"
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        "review by codex: pass"
      ]
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    "definition": "A single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon, in the WordNet sense covering one oscillation of a wave or pendulum, one cardiac cycle of contraction and relaxation, one menstrual cycle, or one pass of a repeated process; the cycle is the unit counted by frequency and the basis of periodic analysis in physics, biology and engineering.",
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      "relay analysis",
      "describe examples",
      "distinguish homonyms"
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      "Oscillation, cardiac cycle, menstrual cycle, pass",
      "A bicycle is a vehicle; a business cycle is economic; cyclic structures are rings"
    ],
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        "quantity": "frequency unit",
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        "unit": "note",
        "note": ""
      },
      {
        "quantity": "cardiac cycle at rest",
        "typical_range": "about 0.8",
        "unit": "seconds",
        "note": ""
      },
      {
        "quantity": "menstrual cycle",
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        "unit": "days",
        "note": "typical"
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      "engine and machine cycles",
      "biological cycles such as cardiac and menstrual cycles",
      "computational cycles such as clock cycles and passes",
      "daily and seasonal cycles"
    ],
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      {
        "relation": "is a kind of",
        "target": "event",
        "why": "in general terms"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is counted by",
        "target": "frequency",
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      },
      {
        "relation": "is exemplified by",
        "target": "cardiac cycle",
        "why": "in physiology"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is contrasted with",
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      "SI definition of the hertz",
      "No regulation"
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      "Confusing cycle with period"
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        "Distinguish this sense from bicycles, business cycles and cyclic structures."
      ],
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        "Diagnose a person from their heart or menstrual cycle data.",
        "Share cycle-tracking data, such as menstrual records, without the person's consent.",
        "Confuse the count of cycles with the length of one cycle in calculations."
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      ]
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        "Menstrual and heart cycle data are intimate health information.",
        "Errors in counting cycles can mislead engineering and medical readings."
      ],
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        "People whose cycles are tracked",
        "Engineers and analysts"
      ]
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      "steward": "Nobody owns the concept; the person a physiological cycle belongs to controls their own data.",
      "master_systems": []
    }
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      "url_status": "live",
      "checked_by": "http 200"
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        "name": "Understand",
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                  },
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                    "text": "Is the question about this sense, a bicycle, a business cycle or a chemical ring?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
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                "name": "Examples",
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                    "text": "Which references are standard?",
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            "id": "machines",
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                "name": "Machines",
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                    "text": "What are engine cycles, duty cycles and clock cycles?",
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                  },
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                    "text": "Which sources are cited?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
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              }
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                    "text": "Is the user asking about their own heart, which needs a clinician?",
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                  }
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            "id": "menstrual",
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                    "text": "What happens in one menstrual cycle, in general terms?",
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                    "text": "Which entry fits menstrual cycle?",
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                    "text": "What are the bicycle, business cycle and cyclic compound senses?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
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                    "text": "Which entry fits the specific homonym?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
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            "id": "history",
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                "id": "history-finding",
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                  {
                    "text": "How did the concept of the cycle and the hertz develop?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits the history of physics?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
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    "Should oscillation, cardiac cycle and menstrual cycle be the primary linked entries?",
    "How should reference sources be linked?",
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}