alicyclic

English

Etymology

Blend of aliphatic +‎ cyclic

Adjective

alicyclic (not comparable)

1. (organic chemistry) Of a class of organic compounds having both aliphatic (chain) and cyclic (ring) structure

Derived terms

• polyalicyclic

 

Translations

of a class of organic compounds

• Finnish: alisyklinen
• Italian: aliciclico
• Japanese: 脂環式の (しかんしきの, shikanshiki no)
• Malay: alisiklik (ms)
• Polish: alicykliczny
• Portuguese: alicíclico

Noun

alicyclic (plural alicyclics)

1. Such an organic compound