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Definitions for seasonal
ˈsi zə nlsea·son·al

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. seasonal worker, seasonaladjective

    a worker who finds employment only in certain seasons

  2. seasonaladjective

    occurring at or dependent on a particular season

    "seasonal labor"; "a seasonal rise in unemployment"

Wiktionary

  1. seasonaladjective

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

Wikipedia

  1. seasonal

    A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of Earth's tilted orbit around the Sun. In temperate and polar regions, the seasons are marked by changes in the intensity of sunlight that reaches the Earth's surface, variations of which may cause animals to undergo hibernation or to migrate, and plants to be dormant. Various cultures define the number and nature of seasons based on regional variations, and as such there are a number of both modern and historical cultures whose number of seasons varies. The Northern Hemisphere experiences most direct sunlight during May, June, and July, as the hemisphere faces the Sun. The same is true of the Southern Hemisphere in November, December, and January. It is Earth's axial tilt that causes the Sun to be higher in the sky during the summer months, which increases the solar flux. However, due to seasonal lag, June, July, and August are the warmest months in the Northern Hemisphere while December, January, and February are the warmest months in the Southern Hemisphere. In temperate and sub-polar regions, four seasons based on the Gregorian calendar are generally recognized: spring, summer, autumn (or fall), and winter. Ecologists often use a six-season model for temperate climate regions which are not tied to any fixed calendar dates: prevernal, vernal, estival, serotinal, autumnal, and hibernal. Many tropical regions have two seasons: the rainy, wet, or monsoon season and the dry season. Some have a third cool, mild, or harmattan season. "Seasons" can also be dictated by the timing of important ecological events such as hurricane season, tornado season, and wildfire season. Some examples of historical importance are the ancient Egyptian seasons—flood, growth, and low water—which were previously defined by the former annual flooding of the Nile in Egypt. Seasons often hold special significance for agrarian societies, whose lives revolve around planting and harvest times, and the change of seasons is often attended by ritual. The definition of seasons is also cultural. In India, from ancient times to the present day, six seasons or Ritu based on south Asian religious or cultural calendars are recognised and identified for purposes such as agriculture and trade.

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  1. seasonal

    Relating to, characteristic of, or dependent on a particular season of the year. Seasonal often refers to changes in weather patterns, natural phenomena, human behavior, or activities that occur at specific times of the year.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Seasonaladjective

    of or pertaining to the seasons

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of seasonal in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of seasonal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of seasonal in a Sentence

  1. Ted Wieseman:

    There are large seasonal swings in that component caused by winter holidays at private universities that probably weren't adjusted for properly in January. There weren't actually mass firings of college professors that we're aware of.

  2. Phil Klotzbach:

    One reason for( the) reduction in Atlantic seasonal hurricane forecast from Colorado State University is due to development of below-normal sea surface temperatures in subtropical Atlantic, when the subtropical Atlantic is cooler than normal, it can sometimes favor increased shear in the tropical Atlantic.

  3. Roberto Flore:

    The new Nordic diet is based on seasonal ingredients, and it aims to elevate the products that are available in the Nordic region, techniques used to process food can be diverse and not necessarily related to past Nordic traditions of cooking.

  4. Won Chang:

    Ice recedes from June to September and then in September, it begins to grow again in a seasonal cycle. And were saying we could have no ice in September.

  5. Michael Bivona:

    Certainly a great place for anyone that believes in magic and loves dealing with children aged one to ninety, disney doesn’t have a monopoly on seasonal and part-time employment. Football and baseball stadiums have a multitude of part-time jobs available such as ticket takers, ushers, driving players and staff to and from airports and clerical work. What better way to earn additional income than to be in an environment that one might love?

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