polycyclic
Speech parts
1. polycyclic - Noun
2. polycyclic - Adjective
Meaning
Involving more than one cycle.
(chemistry) Having two or more rings of atoms in the molecule.
polycyclic (plural polycyclics)
A polycyclic compound.
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A group is polycyclic if it has a finite descending sequence of subgroups, each of which is normal in the previous subgroup with a cyclic quotient, ending in the trivial group.
An early examples were derivatives of polycyclic aromatic compounds.
Aromatic hydrocarbons can be monocyclic (MAH) or polycyclic (PAH).
Recent studies show that heterocyclic amines (HCAs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are formed by stir frying at very high temperatures.
The polycyclic groups generalize metacyclic groups by allowing more than one level of group extension.
The researchers found that at only a few parts per billion, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons caused a long-term increase in mortality rates.