cyclical

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If the straight line be assumed as the positive, the cyclical is then the negation of the straight.

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  1. Pertaining to a cycle; cyclic. Time, cyclical time, was their abstraction of the Deity. Coleridge.
  2. In botany: Rolled up circularly, as many embryos.
  3. Arranged in cycles or whorls; verticillate.
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  • If the strait line be assumed as the positive, the cyclical is then the negation of the strait. —  Biographia Literaria
  • But if the primary line be conceived as un- determined, and the strait line as determined throughout, then the cyclical is the third com- pounded of both. —  Biographia Literaria
  • As Gartner put it in a research report last month, "Litigation is counter-cyclical, and with more trouble in the economy, there will be more litigation." —  Enterprise Storage Forum News
  • The railroad supply industry has always been cyclical, and we are better prepared on several fronts to survive this down cycle compared to previous cycles. —  StreetInsider.com News Articles
  • It's kind of cyclical, John Cale reading a short story with a distinctive Welsh accent. —  Pitchfork: Latest News
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