Dictionaryal•i•cy•clicPronunciation: (al"u-sī'klik, -sik'lik), [key] —adj. Chem. of or noting organic compounds essentially aliphatic in chemical behavior but differing structurally in that the essential carbon atoms are connected in a ring instead of a chain. Also,cycloaliphatic. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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