acyclic

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ cyclic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɪˈsaɪklɪk/, /eɪˈsɪklɪk/

Adjective

acyclic (comparative more acyclic, superlative most acyclic)

2. (organic chemistry, physical chemistry) Not cyclic; having an open chain structure.

   Antonym: cyclic

4. (graph theory, of a graph) Containing no cycles.
5. (botany) Of a flower, having its parts inserted spirally on the receptacle.

Derived terms

• acyclically
• acyclic digraph
• acyclicity
• directed acyclic graph
• directed acyclic word graph
• semiacyclic

 

Translations

not cyclic

• Afrikaans: asiklies
• Bulgarian: нецикличен (necikličen)
• Catalan: acíclic
• Czech: acyklický
• Dutch: acyclisch
• Finnish: ei-syklinen, asyklinen (fi)
• French: acyclique (fr)
• Hungarian: aciklusos
• Italian: aciclico (it) m
• Polish: acykliczny (pl), niecykliczny
• Portuguese: acíclico (pt)
• Russian: ацикли́ческий (ru) (aciklíčeskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ацѝкличкӣ

  Roman: acìkličkī (sh) m

• Spanish: acíclico (es)
• Tagalog: awansalkupin

See also

• aliphatic