acyclic

English

Etymology

a- +‎ cyclic

Adjective

acyclic (comparative more acyclic, superlative most acyclic)

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

Antonyms

cyclic

Translations

not cyclic

Bulgarian: нецикличен (necikličen)
Catalan: acíclic
Czech: acyklický
Dutch: acyclisch
Finnish: ei-syklinen, asyklinen (fi)

French: acyclique (fr)
Italian: aciclico (it) m
Portuguese: acíclico (pt)
Tagalog: awansalkupin

See also

aliphatic

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