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acyclic
a·cyc·lic A5078100 (ā-sĭk′lĭk, ā-sī′klĭk)adj.1. Botany Not cyclic. Used especially of flowers whose parts are arranged in spirals rather than in whorls, as in magnolias.2. Chemistry Having an open-chain molecular structure rather than a ring-shaped structure.acyclic (eɪˈsaɪklɪk; eɪˈsɪklɪk) adj1. (Chemistry) chem not cyclic; having an open chain structure2. (Botany) botany having flower parts arranged in a spiral rather than a whorla•cy•clic (eɪˈsaɪ klɪk, eɪˈsɪk lɪk) adj. 1. not cyclic: an acyclic flower. 2. of or pertaining to a chemical compound not containing a closed chain or ring of atoms. [1875–80] ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | acyclic - not cyclic; especially having parts arranged in spirals rather than whorlsphytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plantscyclic - forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl; "cyclic petals"; "cyclic flowers" | | 2. | acyclic - having an open chain structureopen-chainchemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactionscyclic - of a compound having atoms arranged in a ring structure | Translationsacyclic
acyclic[ā′sik·lik] (botany) Having flowers arranged in a spiral instead of a whorl. (mathematics) A transformation on a set to itself for which no nonzero power leaves an element fixed. A chain complex all of whose homology groups are trivial. (physics) Continually varying without a regularly repeated pattern. acyclic
a·cy·clic (ā-si'klik), Not cyclic; denoting especially an acyclic compound.acyclic (ā″sī′klĭk, sik′lik) [ a- + cyclic] 1. Without a cycle. 2. In chemistry, aliphatic. acyclic Related to acyclic: acyclic compoundSynonyms for acyclicadj not cyclicRelated WordsAntonymsadj having an open chain structureSynonymsRelated Words- chemical science
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