Cyclical

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to a cycle; cyclic.
  • In botany: Rolled up circularly, as many embryos.
  • Arranged in cycles or whorls; verticillate.
  • In zoƶ., recurrent in successive circles; serially circular; spiral; whorled.
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  • adjective. recurring at regular intervals
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  • adjective. recurring in cycles
  • Word Usage
    "America's official unemployment rate remains stubbornly near 10%, the real unemployment rate is likely well north of 20% and neither the president nor any of the major presidential challengers appear to understand this essential truth: Our malaise is NOT simply a short term cyclical problem amenable to even more profligate Democratic stimulus or knee jerk Republican flat taxes."
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