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cyclical

[sahy-kli-kuhl, sik-li-]

adjective

  1. cyclic.

  2. of or denoting a business or stock whose income, value, or earnings fluctuate widely according to variations in the economy or the cycle of the seasons.

    Selling Christmas decorations is a cyclical business.



noun

  1. Usually cyclicals. stocks of cyclical companies.

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Other Word Forms

  • cyclically adverb
  • cyclicality noun
  • noncyclical adjective
  • noncyclically adverb
  • procyclical adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cyclical1

First recorded in 1810–20; cyclic + -al 1
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Its production is often described as “cyclical,” meaning the more you harvest, the more the plant will produce.

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For the oil and gas sector, a further sign of its decline - both long-term and cyclical - is in 250 onshore Aberdeen jobs being axed by Harbour Energy, now one of the biggest operators.

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PMDD, which is a severe cyclical, hormone-based mood disorder linked to periods, is thought to affect more than one in 20 women.

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Burns’ cyclical, sardonic prose underscores the unnamed narrator’s defenselessness against neighborhood gossip that marks the Milkman’s unwanted attentions as consensual.

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That’s led to declining vacancy and an uptick in rents, “setting the stage for the next cyclical upturn.”

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