Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to a cycle; cyclic.
- In botany: Rolled up circularly, as many embryos.
- Arranged in cycles or whorls; verticillate.
- In zoö., recurrent in successive circles; serially circular; spiral; whorled.
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- adjective
recurring atregular intervals
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective recurring in cycles
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Examples
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America's official unemployment rate remains stubbornly near 10%, the real unemployment rate is likely well north of 20% and neither the president nor any of the major presidential challengers appear to understand this essential truth: Our malaise is NOT simply a short term cyclical problem amenable to even more profligate Democratic stimulus or knee jerk Republican flat taxes.
Peter Navarro and Greg Autry: Why the Best Jobs Program Is Trade Reform Peter Navarro 2011
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America's official unemployment rate remains stubbornly near 10%, the real unemployment rate is likely well north of 20% and neither the president nor any of the major presidential challengers appear to understand this essential truth: Our malaise is NOT simply a short term cyclical problem amenable to even more profligate Democratic stimulus or knee jerk Republican flat taxes.
Peter Navarro and Greg Autry: Why the Best Jobs Program Is Trade Reform Peter Navarro 2011
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Some of the experts call it cyclical, others say it is structural, and there are those who attribute it to being a combination of the two.
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It is a concept that attempts to show whether government finances would be in balance if it weren't for short term cyclical factors like the current, protracted global economic slowdown.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed BILL CURRY 2011
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Probably my favorite Scott Sumner post is the one where he offered what I called a cyclical monetary theory, meaning that monetary theory is itself cyclical.
EconLog 2010
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"The recycling industry is what we call cyclical," Foss said.
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(LM) I too, have come to if not a belief in "cyclical" patterns, a belief at least in "the law of averages".
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(LM) I too, have come to if not a belief in "cyclical" patterns, a belief at least in "the law of averages".
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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After all, the idea is to bring in cyclical labour.
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In Sydney, materials companies were leading a broad-based recovery in cyclical stocks after the previous session's punishing selloff.
Asia Mixed; Banks Down in Shanghai Shri Navaratnam 2010
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