acyclic

a·cy·clic  (-sklk, -sklk)

adj.

1. Botany Not cyclic. Used especially of flowers whose parts are arranged in spirals rather than in whorls, as in magnolias.

2. Chemistry Having an open-chain molecular structure rather than a ring-shaped structure.

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acyclic [eɪˈsaɪklɪk eɪˈsɪklɪk]

adj

1. (Chemistry) Chem not cyclic; having an open chain structure

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany having flower parts arranged in a spiral rather than a whorl

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acyclic  (-sklk, -sklk)

1. Not cyclic. Used especially of flowers whose parts are arranged in spirals rather than in whorls, as in magnolias.

2. Having an open-chain molecular structure rather than a ring-shaped structure.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	acyclic - not cyclic; especially having parts arranged in spirals rather than whorls phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants cyclic - forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl; "cyclic petals"; "cyclic flowers"
	2.	acyclic - having an open chain structure open-chain chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions cyclic - of a compound having atoms arranged in a ring structure

Translations

acyclic

adj → azyklisch