cyclical

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

/ ˈsaɪ klɪ kəl, ˈsɪk lɪ- /

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adjective

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

Usually cyclicals. stocks of cyclical companies.

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Origin of cyclical

First recorded in 1810–20; cyclic + -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM cyclical

cy·cli·cal·ly, adverbcy·cli·cal·i·ty, nounnon·cy·cli·cal, adjectivenon·cy·cli·cal·ly, adverb

pro·cy·cli·cal, adjective

How to use cyclical in a sentence

The fact is that the people of Asia have long ventured north — into Siberia, the Far East and beyond — as the climate has undergone cyclical change through the course of history.
The Big Thaw: How Russia Could Dominate a Warming World|by Abrahm Lustgarten, photography by Sergey Ponomarev|December 16, 2020|ProPublica
Since it’s possible to establish a “political” angle on any topic, the question of what is or isn’t political tends to inspire torturous and cyclical debates.
The Inherent Dilemma of Olympic Protest Rules|Martin Fritz Huber|December 14, 2020|Outside Online
The company has never laid off employees at its steel mills, a remarkable feat in a highly cyclical industry that shed 40% of its employees in the last decade.
The biggest problem with capitalism? Not enough capitalists|jakemeth|November 21, 2020|Fortune
Notably the Big Tech stocks that have outshined the broader market so far in 2020 are lagging this week, while cyclical and value stocks are outperforming.
Goldman Sachs raises its S&P 500 target on vaccine hopes|Anne Sraders|November 11, 2020|Fortune

For centuries, a cyclical view of time dominated, a view of seasons and kingdoms.
Humanity is stuck in short-term thinking. Here’s how we escape.|Katie McLean|October 21, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Cyclically acting causes of change produce cyclically recurring changes, 111.
Studies in the Theory of Descent (Volumes 1 and 2)|August Weismann
Here each column contains four consecutive numbers cyclically arranged, four running in one direction and four in the other.
Amusements in Mathematics|Henry Ernest Dudeney
Then he receives $1.00 from his father and the process is repeated cyclically.
Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son|John Mills
Somehow it transforms electric fields cyclically into magnetic fields and back again.
The Ultimate Weapon|John Wood Campbell
The disturbances that produce sun-spots and many allied phenomena occur cyclically in periods of eleven years on the average.
Astronomy for Young Folks|Isabel Martin Lewis

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