polycyclic
polycyclic
Definition
poly·cyclic (päl′i sīk′lik)
adjective
- Biol. having two or more rings or whorls
- Chem. having two or more rings of atoms in the molecule
polycyclic
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- hydrocarbon: Briefly, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are molecules built up of benzene rings which resemble fragments of single layers of graphite.
- presentation: For groups of size less than 1000 this is often a good way to get a polycyclic presentation.
- compound: It seeks to provide an interdisciplinary forum for research related to polycyclic aromatic compounds ( PAC ).
- sequence: Then the sequence ( g 1, ... , g n ) is called a polycyclic generating sequence of G.
- group: A general method for the case that G is a rational polycyclic matrix group will be included in the Polenta package.
- series: Let C 1, ... , C n be the polycyclic series defined by g 1, ... , g n.
Noun used with modifier
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