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decycle

decycle verb: to remove the cycles from.

Verb

decycle (third-person singular simple present decycles, present participle decycling, simple past and past participle decycled)

  1. (transitive) To remove the cycles from.
    • In the decycling phase it removes or redirects some edges until the resulting graph is acyclic.2009, Ioannis G. Tollis, Maurizio Patrignani, Graph Drawing: 16th International Symposium

Forms of decycle

third-person singular presentdecycles
present participledecycling
past participledecycled
pastdecycled

Origin of decycle

From de- + cycle.

Questions about decycle

What does decycle mean?
Decycle means to remove the cycles from.
What part of speech is decycle?
Decycle is a verb.
What is the past tense of decycle?
The past tense of decycle is decycled.

Words near decycle in the dictionary

  1. decussatively
  2. decussorium
  3. decutinized
  4. decyanation
  5. decyanations
  6. decycle
  7. decycled
  8. decycles
  9. decycling
  10. decyclization
  11. decyclizations

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