What does cyclical mean?
Definitions for cyclical
ˈsaɪ klɪ kəl, ˈsɪk lɪ-cycli·cal
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Princeton's WordNet
cyclic, cyclicaladjective
recurring in cycles
Wiktionary
cyclicaladjective
recurring at regular intervals
ChatGPT
cyclical
Cyclical refers to any event, process, pattern, or situation that recurs or repeats in a cycle or a circular manner. It generally refers to phenomena that can be observed to occur in a sequence, return back to the starting point, and then repeat the sequence. This term is used in various fields such as economics, biology, and physical sciences.
Webster Dictionary
Cyclicaladjective
of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles; as, cyclical time
Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cyclical in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cyclical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of cyclical in a Sentence
Historically, the demand’s been cyclical, the busy season is kind of March to late summer. Basically it’s full time now, we’ve hired staff to increase the adjudicative capacity to make sure that … we’ve got the customer service, phone lines manned, we have more people in the pipeline and that’s also reflected in the budget. It’s hugely important.
At a market level, Europe has performed strongly year-to-date and it’s clear that there has been an anticipation that the recovery will be quite sharp and strong, you’re still seeing a rotation in the market in favour of the more cyclical names like banks and autos.
We note that defensive equity sectors earnings have generally weakened while cyclical sectors keep their positive momentum, overall for the region, the equity risk premium has decreased, which in turn increases companies' buybacks, a trend which is likely to continue in the short term as reduced uncertainties and a cyclical recovery decrease the necessity to hold liquidity in cash.
If conditions stay soft, more cuts will be made. Much of the decline in mining, commodities, coal and energy have more than just cyclical weakness and the firm needs to right-size operations to the likely' new normal,'.
This is a long-term cyclical downtrend, it's going to take a while for prices to fall low enough to cut off that excess production.
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