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alicyclic

adj
/ælɪˈsaɪklɪk/

Etymology

Blend of aliphatic + cyclic.

  1. derived from κυκλικός
  2. borrowed from cyclicus
  3. borrowed from cyclique
  4. compounded as alicyclic — “aliphatic + cyclic”

Definitions

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

  2. Such an organic compound

The neighborhood

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