Business Cycle: The wavelike movement of increasing and decreasing economic prosperity consisting of four phases: expansion, recession, contraction and revival.

 

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Business Cycle: The wavelike movement of increasing and decreasing economic prosperity consisting of four phases: expansion, recession, contraction and revival.

Market Cycles: Market cycles are the recurrent patterns of expansion and contraction that characterize the securities and real estate markets. While the pace of these recurrent cycles of gain and loss isn’ . . . View Full Definition

Market Cycle: The period between the two latest highs or lows of the S&P 500, showing net performance of a fund through both an up and a down market. A market cycle is complete when the S&P is 15% below t . . . View Full Definition

Lunation Cycle: The Moon's phases relative to the Sun as it moves from one new Moon (Moon/sun conjunction) to the next; the time interval between two successive lunations (new Moons), approximately twenty-n . . . View Full Definition

Megacycle Per Second (Mc): A frequency of one million cycles per second. The equivalent term MEGA­HERTZ (MHz) is now coming into more frequent use.

Menstrual Cycle: The recurring secretion of hormones and associated uterine tissue changes; typically 28 days in length.

Motorcycle Assembly: The putting together of manufactured parts to make a completed motorcycle, or the set of parts so assembled.

Motorcycle: Motorcycles are 2-wheel vehicles patterned after bicycles but with engines and much heavier frames. Early motorcycles were actually bicycles fitted with small internal combustion engines. Th . . . View Full Definition

Minority Business Enterprise: A small business enterprise that is at least 51 percent owned by one or more minorities or, in the case of a publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of all classes or types of the stock . . . View Full Definition

Metonic Cycle: The nineteen-year cycle named for the Athenian astronomer Meton who discovered (ca. 432) that the new Moon occurs on the same day of the year at approximate nineteen-year intervals.