adjective
- not occurring in cycles; not repeating in a regular pattern
- not forming a closed loop or circuit
Usage: technical; chemistry; biology
Examples
- The noncyclic pattern of rainfall made farming difficult to predict.
- Noncyclic compounds have open molecular structures rather than ring formations.
- The data showed a noncyclic trend with no repeating intervals.
- In noncyclic photophosphorylation, electrons flow in one direction only.
- The noncyclic nature of the process meant it could not be easily automated.
- Scientists studied the noncyclic behavior of the chemical reaction.