Acyclic

Definitions: Acyclic

Acyclic

Adjective

1. Botany; not cyclic; especially having parts arranged in spirals rather than whorls.

2. Chemistry; not cyclic; having an open chain structure.

Note: Acyclic \A*cyc"lic\, adjective. [Prefix a- not cyclic.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonym: Acyclic

Synonym: open-chain (adj). (additional references)

Antonym: cyclic (adj). (additional references)

Domain	Title
References	The 2000 Import and Export Market for Acyclic Alcohols and Halogenated Derivatives in Pakistan (reference) The 2002 World Forecasts of Acyclic Alcohols and Halogenated Derivatives Export Supplies (reference) The 2003 World Forecasts of Acyclic Alcohols and Halogenated Derivatives Export Supplies (reference) The World Market for Acyclic Alcohols and Halogenated Derivatives: A 2003 Global Trade Perspective (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	The 2000 Import and Export Market for Acyclic Alcohols and Halogenated Derivatives in Africa [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference) (more book examples)
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"Acyclic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Acyclic" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	10	111,207

Expressions using "acyclic": acyclic feeding ♦ acyclic machine ♦ directed acyclic graph. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "acyclic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		非周期性. (various references)

Danish		acyklisk føring (acyclic feeding), acyclisk keton (acyclic ketone), acyclisk aldehyd (acyclic aldehyde), unipolarmaskine (acyclic machine), umaettet acylisk carbonhydrid (unsaturated acyclic hydrocarbon), metrorrhagi (acyclic bleeding), maettet acylisk carbonhydrid (saturated acyclic hydrocarbon). (various references)

Dutch		acyclische toevoer (acyclic feeding), acyclische machine (acyclic machine), acyclisch keton (acyclic ketone), acyclisch aldehyde (acyclic aldehyde), verzadigde acyclische koolwaterstoff (saturated acyclic hydrocarbon), onverzadigde acyclische koolwaterstof (unsaturated acyclic hydrocarbon), metrorrhagia (acyclic bleeding), metrorragie (acyclic bleeding, metrorrhagia). (various references)

Farsi		ناچرخه ای . (various references)

Finnish		asyklinen ketoni (acyclic ketone), asyklinen aldehydi (acyclic aldehyde), unipolaarikone (acyclic machine). (various references)

French		aldéhyde acyclique (acyclic aldehyde), machine acyclique (acyclic machine), métrorragie (acyclic bleeding), hydrocarbure acyclique saturé (saturated acyclic hydrocarbon), hydrocarbure acyclique non saturé (unsaturated acyclic hydrocarbon), cétone acyclique (acyclic ketone). (various references)

German		azyklisch, aperiodisch (aperiodic, untuned). (various references)

Greek		απεριοδικόσ (aperiodic). (various references)

Italian		non ciclico. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		非循�'�的 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ひじゅ�"か�"てき. (various references)

Pig Latin		acyclicay

Portuguese		aldeído acíclico (acyclic aldehyde), metrorragia (acyclic bleeding, metrorrhagia), máquina acíclica (acyclic machine), hidrocarboneto acíclico saturado (saturated acyclic hydrocarbon), hidrocarboneto acíclico não saturado (unsaturated acyclic hydrocarbon), cetona acíclica (acyclic ketone). (various references)

Romanian		aciclic. (various references)

Russian		ациклический. (various references)

Spanish		Acíclico., acíclico. (various references)

Swedish		alifatisk keton (acyclic ketone, aliphatic ketone), alifatisk aldehyd (acyclic aldehyde), acyklisk keton (acyclic ketone), acyklisk aldehyd (acyclic aldehyde), unipolarmaskin (acyclic machine). (various references)

Ukranian		нециклічний, неперіодичний, ациклічний. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Words rhyming with "acyclic" (pronounced 'A*cyc"lic'): Amphistylic, Beylic, bicyclic, Doeglic, Epicyclic, Esculic, Ferulic, Garlic, Geocyclic, Grallic, hydraulic, idyllic, Imbellic, Interaulic, Ithyphallic, Lithofellic, Malic, Medallic, Mellic, metallic, monometallic, Naphthalic, Nonmetallic, organometallic, Orsellic, Paramalic, Parhelic, Pashalic, Perioplic, Phallic, Pilgarlic, Pilled-garlic, Pseudo-metallic, Pyrogallic, Pyromalic, Republic, Roccellic, Rollic, Rufigallic, Semimetallic, Sterhydraulic, Submetallic, Thallic, Tiglic, Trimellic, Umbellic, Vanillic, Xylic. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-c-i-l-y"
	-1 letter: calcic, cyclic.
	-3 letters: acyl, clay, lacy, laic.
	-4 letters: ail, cay, icy, lac, lay.
	-5 letters: ai, al, ay, la, li, ya.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-c-c-i-l-y"
	+1 letter: cyclical.
	+2 letters: alicyclic, cyclicals.
	+3 letters: complicacy, cyclically, cycloramic, encyclical.
	+4 letters: carbocyclic, cataclysmic, cyclazocine, cyclicality, encyclicals, macrocyclic, noncyclical.
	+5 letters: anticyclonic, cyclazocines, cyclonically, cytochemical, eclectically, hypocalcemic.
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