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acyclic
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acyclic [ā′sik·lik]
(botany)
Having flowers arranged in a spiral instead of a whorl.
(mathematics)
A transformation on a set to itself for which no nonzero power leaves an element fixed.
A chain complex all of whose homology groups are trivial.
(physics)
Continually varying without a regularly repeated pattern.


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