English

Adjective

acyclic ‎(comparative more acyclic, superlative most acyclic)

1. (chemistry) Not cyclic; having an open chain structure.
2. (graph theory, of a graph) Containing no cycles.
3. (botany) Of a flower, having its parts inserted spirally on the receptacle.

Synonyms

• (graph theory): loopless

Antonyms

• cyclic

Translations

See also

• aliphatic