Usually means: Composed of multiple cyclic structures.
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  1. polycyclic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. polycyclic: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Polycyclic, polycyclic: Wordnik
  4. polycyclic: Wiktionary
  5. polycyclic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. polycyclic: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. polycyclic: Dictionary.com
  8. Polycyclic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. polycyclic: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. polycyclic: Merriam-Webster
  11. polycyclic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

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  1. polycyclic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (polycyclic)

▸ adjective:  Involving more than one cycle.
▸ adjective:  (chemistry) Having two or more rings of atoms in the molecule.
▸ noun:  A polycyclic compound.

Similar:
polycyclical, multicyclic, bicyclic, bicyclical, multicycle, periodic, monocyclic, multioscillation, multikilocycle, polycatenary, more...

Opposite:
monocyclic, single-cyclic, unicyclic

Phrases:
polycyclic hydrocarbons, polycyclic hydrocarbon, polycyclic compounds, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, more...

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Similar:
polycyclical, multicyclic, bicyclic, bicyclical, multicycle, periodic, monocyclic, multioscillation, multikilocycle, polycatenary, more...

Opposite:
monocyclic, single-cyclic, unicyclic

Phrases:
polycyclic hydrocarbons, polycyclic hydrocarbon, polycyclic compounds, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polycyclic spawning, aromatic polycyclic hydrocarbons, more...



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