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polyalicyclic

polyalicyclic adjective: having many alicyclic rings.

Adjective

polyalicyclic (not comparable)

  1. Having many alicyclic rings
    • Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich
      Cycloaddition results obtained with alkene 5 are a better guide to reactivity than those obtained from Smith’s diene (4), as it is the dihydro subunit in 5 which is present in those other polyalicyclic systems produced by catalyzed...

Origin of polyalicyclic

From poly- + alicyclic.

Questions about polyalicyclic

What does polyalicyclic mean?
Polyalicyclic means having many alicyclic rings.
What part of speech is polyalicyclic?
Polyalicyclic is an adjective.

Words near polyalicyclic in the dictionary

  1. polyaldehydes
  2. polyalgebras
  3. polyalgia
  4. polyalgorithm
  5. polyalgorithms
  6. polyalicyclic
  7. polyalkene
  8. polyalkenes
  9. polyalkenoate
  10. polyalkenoates
  11. polyalkenoic

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