acyclic

adjective

acy·​clic (ˌ)ā-ˈsī-klik 

-ˈsi-

: not cyclic: such as

a

: not disposed in whorls or cycles

b

: having an open-chain structure : aliphatic

an acyclic compound

Examples of acyclic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Blue held her paddle high and bid $17,000 on an acyclic painting of Sidney Poitier during the event's live auction, emceed by Star Jones, according to Vanity Fair. —Melody Chiu, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2023

That kind of network is called a directed acyclic graph, or DAG. —Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 18 Jan. 2023

Marloes Maathuis, a professor of theoretical and applied statistics at ETH Zurich, looked at how directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) could be used to derive causal relationships in data. —Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2020

Blue held her paddle high and bid $17,000 on an acyclic painting of Sidney Poitier during the event’s live auction, emceed by Star Jones, according to Vanity Fair. —Jeff Nelson, PEOPLE.com, 7 June 2018

Word History

Etymology

a- entry 2 + cyclic entry 1

First Known Use

1853, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

acyclic

adjective

acy·​clic (ˈ)ā-ˈsī-klik  -ˈsik-lik 

1

: not occurring in periods or cycles

acyclic gonadotropin secretion

2

: having an open-chain structure

especially : aliphatic

an acyclic compound