seasonal

4 definitions found

seasonal - 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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  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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seasonal - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]

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