Alicyclic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or relating to organic compounds having both aliphatic and cyclic characteristics or structures.
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  • adj. Of a class of organic compounds having both aliphatic (chain) and cyclic (ring) structure.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. pertaining to compounds that have a ring in the structure, but are not aromatic, as cyclohexane or cyclohexene. Compare aliphatic and aromatic.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In chem., a term introduced by Bamberger to designate a compound containing a ring of carbon atoms but at the same time having many of the properties of the aliphatic or open-chain compounds.
    • Word Usage
    "University, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "in recognition of his services to organic chemistry and the chemical industry by his pioneer work in the field of alicyclic compounds.""
    Antonym
    aliphatic    aromatic   
     
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