acyclic
Adjective
- Not occurring in cycles; arranged in an open chain.
- not cyclic; especially having parts arranged in spirals rather than whorls
- having an open chain structure
Adj
- Not cyclic; having an open chain structure.
- Containing no cycles.
- Of a flower, having its parts inserted spirally on the receptacle.
Examples
- His thought process was acyclic, jumping from one potential play to another without pattern.
Origin / Etymology
From a- + cyclic.
Synonyms
open-chain
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 16
acyclic: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordacyclic: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
acyclic: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 19
acyclic: valid Words With Friends Word