electrocyclic
/ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈsʌɪklɪk/ /ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈsɪklɪk/Chemistry
adjective
Designating a reaction characterized either by the formation of a single bond between the opposite ends of a conjugated organic molecule, forming a cyclic compound or cyclic intermediate, or by the converse process of breaking such a bond; of or relating to such a reaction.
Origin
1960s. From electro- + cyclic.
- spheral
- sphere
- -sphere
- sphere of influence (or interest)
- spheric
- spherical
- spherical aberration
- spherical angle
- spherical coordinates
- spherically
- spherical polar coordinates
- spherical triangle
- spherical trigonometry
- sphericity
- spheroid
- spheroidal
- spheroidicity
- spheroplast
- spherular
- spherule
- spherulite
- spherulitic
- sphincter
- sphincteral
- sphincteric