Acyclic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Botany Not cyclic. Used especially of flowers whose parts are arranged in spirals rather than in whorls, as in magnolias.
  • adj. Chemistry Having an open-chain molecular structure rather than a ring-shaped structure.
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  • adj. not cyclic; having an open chain structure
  • adj. not cyclic
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of a flower, having its parts inserted spirally on the receptacle.
  • adj. Having an open-chain structure; aliphatic.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In botany, not cyclic; not arranged in whorls.
  • In dynamics, not having the property of whirling or moving in circles.
  • Irregular in course; not occurring with normal periodicity.
  • In chem., containing no cycle or ring: said of organic compounds which contain no ring of atoms.
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  • adj. not cyclic; especially having parts arranged in spirals rather than whorls
  • adj. having an open chain structure
    • Equivalent
    aliphatic   
    Antonym
    cyclic   
    Cross Reference
    acyclic surface    aliphatic   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    aliphatic    loopless   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    diterpene    configurational    polycyclic    six-membered    anthraquinone   
     
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