closed cycle
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The closed cycle of the old Japanese system, in which waste is plowed back into soil, is not as ubiquitous in today's farmlands.
From Salon • Dec. 21, 2021
As if time had somehow been split in two, so that memory and experience revolved within a closed cycle, each following the other.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 21, 2013
The other two would be a 250-ton baby submarine and a 2,200-tonner carrying its own oxygen supply for a "closed cycle" power plant, eliminating the need for surface breathing.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Pope is henceforth not the interpreter of a closed cycle of tradition, but the pilot who guides its course always in the direction of the truth.
From Outspoken Essays by Inge, William Ralph
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