adjective
- not cyclic: an acyclic flower; acyclic compounds.
- Chemistry. of or relating to a compound that does not contain a closed chain or ring of atoms (contrasted with cyclic).
adjective
- chem not cyclic; having an open chain structure
- botany having flower parts arranged in a spiral rather than a whorl
- Not cyclic. Used especially of flowers whose parts are arranged in spirals rather than in whorls, as in magnolias.
- Having an open-chain molecular structure rather than a ring-shaped structure.