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polycyclic

The English word “polycyclic” has 4 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Involving more than one cycle.
  2. Having two or more rings of atoms in the molecule.
  3. Having the members of a series, such as a calyx or corolla, in several circles.

noun

  1. A polycyclic compound.

Etymology

From poly- + cyclic.

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