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acyclic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /eɪˈsaɪklɪk/
  • /eɪˈsɪklɪk/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Proto-Hellenic *kʷókʷlos Proto-Hellenic *kúklos Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek κυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)bor. Classical Latin cyclicuslbor. Middle French cyclique French cycliquebor. ▲ Classical Latin cyclicusbor. English cyclic English acyclic From a- + cyclic.

Meanings

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

Forms

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more acyclic Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most acyclic Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

cyclic

Deriveds

semiacyclic · acyclicity · directed acyclic graph · acyclically · directed acyclic word graph · nonacyclic · acyclic digraph

Relateds

aliphatic

Translations (18)

cs acyklický (not cyclic) · hu aciklusos (not cyclic) · fr acyclique (not cyclic) · pl acykliczny (not cyclic) · ca acíclic (not cyclic) · pt acíclico (not cyclic) · sh acìkličkī (not cyclic) · pl niecykliczny (not cyclic) · nl acyclisch (not cyclic) · bg нецикличен (not cyclic) · fi asyklinen (not cyclic) · fi ei-syklinen (not cyclic) · ru ацикли́ческий (not cyclic) · es acíclico (not cyclic) · it aciclico (not cyclic) · tl awansalkupin (not cyclic) · af asiklies (not cyclic) · sh ацѝкличкӣ (not cyclic)