"acyclic" meaning in English

See acyclic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /eɪˈsaɪklɪk/, /eɪˈsɪklɪk/ Forms: more acyclic [comparative], most acyclic [superlative]
Etymology: 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), 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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 17 35 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'not cyclic': 90 3 7
  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-: 28 30 42 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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