Found 4 hits - Term: seasonal, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
seasonal \sea"sonal\, a.
1. of or pertaining to the seasons.
1913 webster
2. occurring or being used in a specific season; as, seasonal
items for sale.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
see also:
seasonal dimorphism
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cyclic \cyc"lic\ s?k"l?k or s?"kl?k, cyclical \cyc"lical\
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.
1913 webster
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.
wordnet 1.5
3. recurring in cycles2; having a pattern that repeats at
approximately equal intervals; periodic. opposite of
noncyclic.
note: narrower terms: alternateprenominal,
alternatingprenominal; alternateprenominal, every
otherprenominal, every secondprenominal;
alternatingprenominal, oscillatingprenominal;
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, alternateprenominal;
triennial
wordnet 1.5
4. marked by repeated cycles2.
wordnet 1.5
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.
1913 webster
see also:
cycle acyclic bicyclic heterocyclic homocyclic, isocyclic noncyclic
alternateprenominal, alternatingprenominal alternateprenominal, every otherprenominal, every secondprenominal alternatingprenominal, oscillatingprenominal 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, alternateprenominal triennial cyclic chorus cyclic poets
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
seasonal
adj : occurring at or dependent on a particular season; "seasonal
labor"; "a seasonal rise in unemployment" ant: year-round
see also:
year-round
- [4] : 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
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