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ACYCLIC [4 records]

Record 1 2001-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Aliphatic or Acyclic Hydrocarbons
  • Food Industries
DEF

[Said of] acyclic or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated carbon compounds, excluding aromatic compounds.

OBS

aliphatic: This adjective was previously given different definitions. According to the "Dictionary of nutrition and food technology", by Arnold E. Benderit, in 1975, it was a "Name given to those organic chemicals that have open-chain structure in distinction to the alicyclic compounds, which contain rings of carbon compounds." According to "The Condensed Chemical Dictionary", by Gessner Goodrich Hawley, in 1981, it referred to "One of the major groups of organic compounds characterized by straight - or branched - chain arrangement of the constituent carbon atoms."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Hydrocarbures aliphatiques ou acycliques
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
DEF

[Se dit d'un composé] carboné, acyclique ou cyclique, saturé ou insaturé, à l'exclusion des composés aromatiques.

OBS

Se disait auparavant de ce qui caractérisait «les composés organiques à chaîne ouverte (série grasse), par opposition à ceux contenant des cycles carbonés.» [Citation tirée du «Dictionnaire des industries alimentaires», de Jean-Michel Clément, 1978.]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Hidrocarburos alifáticos o acíclicos
  • Industria alimentaria
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Record 2 2001-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
DEF

With floral leaves arranged in a spiral; with all floral organs in a continuous spiral, not in whorls.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
DEF

[Se dit d'une fleur] dont les pièces florales sont disposées non en verticille mais sur une spirale.

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Erosion and Weathering (Geol.)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny

French

Domaine(s)
  • Érosion et corrosion (Géologie)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Se dit d'un phénomène qui ne présente pas un caractère cyclique.

Spanish

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Record 4 1997-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
DEF

Qualifie un appareil ou un système qui ne fonctionne pas sur un cycle de base.

OBS

Par extension : ensemble de machines à cycle fonctionnant chacune selon son propre cycle.

Spanish

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