Lexic.us

Definition of Seasonal

1. Adjective. Occurring at or dependent on a particular season. "A seasonal rise in unemployment"

2. Noun. A worker who finds employment only in certain seasons.

Definition of Seasonal

1. a. Of or pertaining to the seasons.

Definition of Seasonal

1. Adjective. Of, related to(,) or reliant on a season or period of the year, especially with regard to weather characteristics. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Seasonal

1. an employee or product associated with a time of the year [n -S]

Medical Definition of Seasonal

1. Of or pertaining to the seasons. Seasonal dimorphism, 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Seasonal

seasides seasing seasnail season season's greetings season creep season ticket season tickets seasonability seasonable

seasonableness seasonabliest seasonably seasonage seasonal (current term) seasonal-unemployment seasonal adjustment seasonal affective disorder seasonal constellation seasonal constellations

seasonal lake seasonal lakes seasonal unemployment seasonalities seasonality seasonalization seasonally seasonals seasoned

Literary usage of Seasonal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"Comparative table giving seasonal rainfall at Merced City from 1877 to 1887 and ... Comparative table of mo. and seasonal rainfall at Nicolaus, Sutter Co. ..."

2. Unemployment: A Problem of Industry by William Henry Beveridge Beveridge (1912)
"seasonal fluctuation is a well-recognised feature of certain trades. ... Few people perhaps realise how common seasonal fluctuation is. ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1901)
"winds at that time is reinforced by the seasonal coldness of the more prevalent ... On the Effect of Sea Temperature ujx>n the seasonal Variation of Air ..."

4. Babylonian Horoscopes by Francesca Rochberg (1998)
"25 The system of time reckoning by seasonal hour, according to which the daytime ... In Greek astronomy, seasonal hours make their debut with an early third ..."

5. The Immigration Problem: A Study of American Immigration Conditions and Needs by Jeremiah Whipple Jenks, William Jett Lauck, Rufus Daniel Smith (1922)
"The Black Portuguese are either seasonal farm-laborers, dock hands, or fishermen. ... seasonal Agricultural Laborers In all parts of the United States ..."

6. The Microscopy of Drinking Water by George Chandler Whipple, John Wymond Miller Bunker (1914)
"seasonal Distribution of Micro- algae; at the same time, scopic Organisms ... 52, which represents the seasonal changes that occur among the more important ..."

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