"acyclical" meaning in English

See acyclical in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more acyclical [comparative], most acyclical [superlative]
Etymology: From a- + cyclical. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|a|cyclical}} a- + cyclical Head templates: {{en-adj}} acyclical (comparative more acyclical, superlative most acyclical)
  1. (economics) Moving independent of the overall state of an economy.
    Sense id: en-acyclical-en-adj-EtOuetvX Categories (other): Economics, English terms prefixed with a- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 45 55 Topics: economics, sciences
  2. (graph theory) Synonym of acyclic. Synonyms: acyclic [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-acyclical-en-adj-vmIUbhfS Categories (other): Graph theory, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with a-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86 Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: noncyclical Derived forms: acyclicality Coordinate_terms: procyclical, countercyclical
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