CYCLICAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cyclical mean? 

• CYCLICAL (adjective)
  The adjective CYCLICAL has 1 sense:

1. recurring in cycles

  Familiarity information: CYCLICAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYCLICAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Recurring in cycles

Synonyms:

cyclic; cyclical

Similar:

alternate; alternating (occurring by turns; first one and then the other)

alternate (every second one of a series)

circular; orbitual; rotary (describing a circle; moving in a circle)

Attribute:

cyclicity; periodicity (the quality of recurring at regular intervals)

Derivation:

cycle (a periodically repeated sequence of events)

 Context examples 

A cyclical heptapeptide with anticoagulant activity.

(Eptifibatide, NCI Thesaurus)

Skp2 expression is cyclical, increasing in the S/G2 transition as E2F-1 is degraded.

(E2F1 Degradation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The cyclical increase and decrease in cyclin levels is a key to cell cycle regulation.

(Cyclin E Degradation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

All these species contain alkaloids, which are naturally-occurring cyclical and nitrogen-containing organic compounds.

(Scientists examine the ethnobotanical uses of stramonium, University of Granada)

Part of last year’s jump was attributable to El Nino, the cyclical Pacific Ocean warming that produces extreme weather across the globe, causing terrestrial ecosystems to lose stored CO2 through wildfire, drought and heat waves.

(South Pole is last place on Earth to pass global warming milestone, NOAA)