acyclic

English

Etymology

a- +‎ cyclic

Adjective

acyclic (comparative more acyclic, superlative most acyclic)

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

Antonyms

• cyclic

Translations

not cyclic

• Bulgarian: нецикличен (necikličen)
• Catalan: acíclic
• Dutch: acyclisch
• French: acyclique (fr)

• Italian: aciclico (it) m
• Portuguese: acíclico (pt)
• Tagalog: awansalkupin

See also

• aliphatic