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acyclic

Syllabification: (a·cy·clic)
Definition of acyclic

adjective

  • not displaying or forming part of a cycle.
  • (of a woman) not having a menstrual cycle.
  • Chemistry (of a compound or molecule) containing no rings of atoms.

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