acyclic
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not forming a cycle or closed loop
The acyclic path led us through the park without any turns.
这条非循环的路径让我们在公园里没有任何转弯地走过。
not having a ring structure of atoms
The acyclic compound was easier to analyze than the cyclic ones.
这个非循环化合物比循环的更容易分析。