1.
[syn: seasonal worker, seasonal]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. occurring at or dependent on a particular season;
- Example: "seasonal labor"
- Example: "a seasonal rise in unemployment"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Seasonal \Sea"son*al\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the seasons.
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2. Occurring or being used in a specific season; as, seasonal
items for sale.
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Seasonal dimorphism (Zool.), the condition of having two
distinct varieties which appear at different seasons, as
certain species of butterflies in which the spring brood
differs from the summer or autumnal brood.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cyclic \Cyc"lic\ (s?k"l?k or s?"kl?k), Cyclical \Cyc"lic*al\
(s?k"l?-kal), a. [Cf. F. cycluque, Gr. kykliko`s, fr. ky`klos
See Cycle.]
1. Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles;
as, cyclical time. --Coleridge.
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2. (Chemistry) Having atoms bonded to form a ring structure.
Opposite of acyclic.
Note: Used most commonly in respect to organic compounds.
Note: [Narrower terms: bicyclic; heterocyclic;
homocyclic, isocyclic]
Syn: closed-chain, closed-ring.
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3. Recurring in cycles[2]; having a pattern that repeats at
approximately equal intervals; periodic. Opposite of
noncyclic.
Note: [Narrower terms: alternate(prenominal),
alternating(prenominal); alternate(prenominal), every
other(prenominal), every second(prenominal);
alternating(prenominal), oscillating(prenominal);
biyearly; circadian exhibiting 24-hour
periodicity); circular; daily, diurnal;
fortnightly, biweekly; hourly; midweek,
midweekly; seasonal; semestral, semestrial;
semiannual, biannual, biyearly; semiweekly,
biweekly; weekly; annual, yearly; biennial;
bimonthly, bimestrial; half-hourly; half-yearly;
monthly; tertian, alternate(prenominal);
triennial]
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4. Marked by repeated cycles[2].
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Cyclic chorus, the chorus which performed the songs and
dances of the dithyrambic odes at Athens, dancing round
the altar of Bacchus in a circle.
Cyclic poets, certain epic poets who followed Homer, and
wrote merely on the Trojan war and its heroes; -- so
called because keeping within the circle of a single
subject. Also, any series or coterie of poets writing on
one subject. --Milman.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
seasonal
adj 1: occurring at or dependent on a particular season;
"seasonal labor"; "a seasonal rise in unemployment" [ant:
year-around, year-round]
n 1: a worker who finds employment only in certain seasons [syn:
seasonal worker, seasonal]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "seasonal":
aestival, alternate, arctic, autumn, autumnal, beating, boreal,
brumal, canicular, circling, cyclic, epochal, equinoctial, even,
every other, hibernal, hiemal, intermittent, isochronal, measured,
metronomic, midsummer, midwinter, oscillatory, out of season,
periodical, pulsing, reciprocal, recurrent, recurring, rhythmic,
rotary, serial, solstitial, spring, springlike, steady, summer,
summerlike, summerly, summery, undulant, undulatory, vernal,
wavelike, wheeling, winter, winterlike, wintery, wintry