(chemistry) Not cyclic; having an open chain structure. / (graph theory, of a graph) Containing no cycles. / (botany) Of a flower, having its parts inserted spirally on the receptacle.

The condition of being acyclic.

In an acyclic manner; without cycles.

The quality of being acyclical.

(economics) Moving independent of the overall state of an economy.

(graph theory, computer science) A directed acyclic graph, a finite directed graph that contains no directed cycles.

plural of acyclic digraph

(graph theory, computer science) A finite directed graph that contains no directed cycles.

plural of directed acyclic graph

(programming) A data structure that represents a set of strings and allows for a query operation that tests whether a given string belongs to the set in time proportional to its length (thus more efficient in some situations than a trie).