acyclic

English

Etymology

a- +‎ cyclic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eɪˈsaɪklɪk/, /eɪˈsɪklɪk/

Adjective

acyclic (comparative more acyclic, superlative most acyclic)

(organic chemistry, physical chemistry) Not cyclic; having an open chain structure.
Antonym: cyclic
(graph theory, of a graph) Containing no cycles.
(botany) Of a flower, having its parts inserted spirally on the receptacle.

Derived terms

Translations

not cyclic

Afrikaans: asiklies
Bulgarian: нецикличен (necikličen)
Catalan: acíclic
Czech: acyklický
Dutch: acyclisch
Finnish: ei-syklinen, asyklinen (fi)
French: acyclique (fr)
Italian: aciclico (it) m
Polish: acykliczny (pl), niecykliczny
Portuguese: acíclico (pt)
Russian: ацикли́ческий (ru) (aciklíčeskij)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ацѝкличкӣ

Roman: acìkličkī (sh) m
Spanish: acíclico (es)
Tagalog: awansalkupin

See also

aliphatic

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