semicyclic

adjective

semi·​cyclic

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: half or partly cyclic

a semicyclic compound containing both a ring and a chain

a semicyclic double bond attached to a ring but not a part of it

semicyclically

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adverb

Word History

Etymology

semi- + cyclic

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