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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cy•cli•cal (sī′kli kəl, sik′li-),USA pronunciation adj. - cyclic.
- Businessof 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.
n. - Usually, cyclicals. stocks of cyclical companies.
cy′cli•cal•ly, adv. cy′cli•cal′i•ty, n. WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cy•clic /ˈsaɪklɪk, ˈsɪklɪk/USA pronunciation also ˈcy•clic•al, adj. - happening or occurring in cycles:cyclic events.
See -cycle-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cy•clic (sī′klik, sik′lik),USA pronunciation adj. - revolving or recurring in cycles; characterized by recurrence in cycles.
- of, pertaining to, or constituting a cycle or cycles.
- Chemistryof or pertaining to a compound that contains a closed chain or ring of atoms (contrasted with acyclic).
- Botany
- arranged in whorls, as the parts of a flower.
- (of a flower) having the parts so arranged.
- Mathematics
- pertaining to an algebraic system in which all the elements of a group are powers of one element.
- (of a set of elements) arranged as if on a circle, so that the first element follows the last.
- Greek kyklikós circular. See cycle, -ic
- Latin cyclicus
- 1785–95
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cyclic /ˈsaɪklɪk; ˈsɪklɪk/, cyclical /ˈsaɪklɪkəl; ˈsɪklɪkəl/ adj - recurring or revolving in cycles
- (of an organic compound) containing a closed saturated or unsaturated ring of atoms
- arranged in whorls: cyclic petals
- having parts arranged in this way: cyclic flowers
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