Hypertext Webster Gateway: "acyclic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Acyclic \A*cyc"lic\, a. [Pref. a- not + cyclic.]
Not cyclic; not disposed in cycles or whorls; as:
(a) (Bot.) Of a flower, having its parts inserted spirally on
the receptacle.
(b) (Org. Chem.) Having an open-chain structure; aliphatic.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
acyclic
adj 1: botany; not cyclic; especially having parts arranged in
spirals rather than whorls [ant: {cyclic}]
2: chemistry; not cyclic; having an open chain structure [syn:
{open-chain}] [ant: {cyclic}]
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