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polycyclic

polycyclic adjective: involving more than one cycle.

Adjective

polycyclic (not comparable)

  1. Involving more than one cycle.
  2. Having two or more rings of atoms in the molecule.
  3. Having the members of a series, such as a calyx or corolla, in several circles.

Noun

polycyclic (plural polycyclics)

  1. A polycyclic compound.

Forms of polycyclic

pluralpolycyclics

Origin of polycyclic

From poly- + cyclic.

Words formed from polycyclic

Phrases with polycyclic

Questions about polycyclic

What does polycyclic mean?
Polycyclic means involving more than one cycle.
What part of speech is polycyclic?
Polycyclic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near polycyclic in the dictionary

  1. polycyanates
  2. polycyanurate
  3. polycyanurates
  4. polycycle
  5. polycycles
  6. polycyclic
  7. polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
  8. polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
  9. polycyclical
  10. polycyclicity
  11. polycyclics

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