alicyclic in English
- alicyclic⇄adj. (of certain organic compounds) reacting like fatty (aliphatic) compounds, but differing structurally in containing a carbon ring.
- alicyclic⇄alicyclic, adjective, noun.
- alicyclic⇄noun a group of organic compounds that have the principal carbon atoms arranged in closed ring structures. Most alicyclics are derived from petroleum or coal tar.