acyclic

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(ā-sī'klĭk, ā-sĭk'lĭk) pronunciation
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.

Describing a compound that does not have a ring in its molecules.



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