"acyclic" meaning in English

See acyclic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /eɪˈsaɪklɪk/, /eɪˈsɪklɪk/ Forms: more acyclic [comparative], most acyclic [superlative]
Etymology: From a- + cyclic. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|a|cyclic}} a- + cyclic Head templates: {{en-adj}} acyclic (comparative more acyclic, superlative most acyclic)
  1. (organic chemistry, physical chemistry) Not cyclic; having an open chain structure. Tags: physical Categories (topical): Organic chemistry, Physical chemistry Translations (not cyclic): asiklies (Afrikaans), нецикличен (necikličen) (Bulgarian), acíclic (Catalan), acyklický (Czech), acyclisch (Dutch), ei-syklinen (Finnish), asyklinen (Finnish), acyclique (French), aciklusos (Hungarian), aciclico [masculine] (Italian), acykliczny (Polish), niecykliczny (Polish), acíclico (Portuguese), ацикли́ческий (aciklíčeskij) (Russian), ацѝкличкӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), acìkličkī [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), acíclico (Spanish), awansalkupin (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-acyclic-en-adj-en:chemistry Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 17 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 19 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 21 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 62 9 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 61 16 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 59 17 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 60 16 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 52 20 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 57 19 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 59 17 24 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 58 18 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 53 20 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 62 14 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 52 18 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 57 16 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 62 14 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 61 16 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 66 13 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 60 16 24 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'not cyclic': 95 1 4
  2. (graph theory, of a graph) Containing no cycles. Categories (topical): Graph theory
    Sense id: en-acyclic-en-adj-en:graph Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences
  3. (botany) Of a flower, having its parts inserted spirally on the receptacle. Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-acyclic-en-adj-bnEIHPrD Categories (other): English terms prefixed with a- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 25 31 43 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: acyclically, acyclic digraph, acyclicity, directed acyclic graph, directed acyclic word graph, semiacyclic Related terms: aliphatic
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          "code": "fr",
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