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power-cycling

power-cycling is the present participle and gerund of power-cycle.

Meaning of power-cycle

Verb

power-cycle (third-person singular simple present power-cycles, present participle power-cycling, simple past and past participle power-cycled)

  1. To turn a device off and then back on again, usually to restore proper function by forcing a malfunctioning or unresponsive device to reset or reinitialize, or as a step in troubleshooting the device.
    • If the computer's frozen, try power-cycling it.

Questions about power-cycling

What is power-cycling the present participle and gerund of?
Power-cycling is the present participle and gerund of power-cycle.

Words near power-cycling in the dictionary

  1. power-creeps
  2. power-crept
  3. power-cycle
  4. power-cycled
  5. power-cycles
  6. power-cycling
  7. power-down
  8. power-dressed
  9. power-egg
  10. power-eggs
  11. power-hungry

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Adapted from Wiktionary: power-cycling (page history and authors); power-cycle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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