cyclicity

noun

cy·​clic·​i·​ty sī-ˈkli-sə-tē How to pronounce cyclicity (audio)
si-
variants or cyclicality
plural cyclicities or cyclicalities
: the quality or state of something that occurs or moves in cycles : a cyclic quality or state
estrous cyclicity
Business cycles still exist, and there is cyclicality in consumption.James M. Clash

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In many ways, nature serves as the ultimate metaphor for fashion—its rebirth, renewal, and cyclicity, as well as its transience, ephemerality, and evanescence. Irene Kim, Vogue, 28 June 2024 Yet the origin of the Reykjanes’ cyclicity of volcanic activity every thousand or so years remains unknown. Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2024 Forewarned is forearmed, as the old adage goes, and astrology’s cyclicity is uniquely situated to provide forearming. Diana Rose Harper, Wired, 5 Jan. 2022 The salmon are part of that river: a gift, a thing to be cared for, a manifestation of the cyclicity and reciprocity of a world in balance. National Geographic, 18 Nov. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1860, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of cyclicity was in 1860

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“Cyclicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cyclicity. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

Medical Definition

cyclicity

noun
cy·​clic·​i·​ty sī-ˈklis-ət-ē, sik-ˈlis- How to pronounce cyclicity (audio)
plural cyclicities
: the quality or state of being cyclic
estrous cyclicity
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