acyclic

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acyclic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
         [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

acyclic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  acyclic
      adj 1: not cyclic; especially having parts arranged in spirals
             rather than whorls [ant: cyclic]
      2: having an open chain structure [syn: acyclic, open-chain]
         [ant: cyclic]