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acetate(dictionary)
Acetate(health)
Acetate(medicine)
acetate(dictionary)
Flecainide acetate(health)
quingestanol acetate(medicine)
saralasin acetate(medicine)
sodium acetate(medicine)
tetradecanoylphorbol acetate(medicine)

cyclic (iou) and acetate (iou)


cyclic (iou)



cyclic adjective. L18.
[French cyclique or Latin cyclicus or Greek kuklikos: see CYCLE noun, -IC.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or of the Nature of, a cycle; moving or recurring in cycles. L18.
U. Le Guin The whole universe is a cyclic process, an oscillation of expansion and contraction, without any before or after.
2. Of or belonging to a cycle of legends, poems, etc. E19.
Shelley Episodes of that cyclic poem written by Time upon the memories of men.
3. Greek Prosody. Of a dactyl or anapaest: occupying in scansion only three time units instead of four. M19.
4. Math. Of or pertaining to a circle or Other closed curve; (of a polygon) having all its vertices lying on a circle. M19.
b. Of a group: having the property that each element of the group can be expressed as a power of one particular element. L19.
5. Botany. Of a flower: having its parts arranged in whorls. L19.
6. Chemistry. Having a molecular structure containing one or more closed rings of atoms. L19.
? Orig. pronunc. (now rare) .
cyclicity noun L20.

acetate (iou)



acetate noun. L18.
[from ACET(IC + -ATE1.]
Chemistry. A salt or ester of acetic acid. L18.
The cellulose ester of acetic acid, in the form of an artificial fibre or a plastic. E20.
Freq. attrib., as acetate fibre, acetate rayon, acetate silk.
b. A disc coated with cellulose acetate, for direct recording by a cutting stylus; any direct-cut disc. M20.
c. A clear plastic Film of cellulose acetate, used in Photography, as a display medium, etc.; a sheet of this. M20.