alicyclic, a. Chem.
(ælɪˈsɪklɪk, -ˈsaɪk-)
[ad. G. alicyclisch (E. Bamberger 1889, in Ber. d. Deut. Chem. Ges. XXII. 767), f. aliphatic a. + cyclic a. 7.]
Combining the properties of aliphatic and cyclic compounds (see cyclic a. 7).
| 1891 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LX. ii. 1097 Alicyclic Homology. 1900 E. F. Smith tr. von Richter's Org. Chem. II. 18 Aliphatic-cyclic or alicyclic saturated and unsaturated compounds. 1907 J. B. Cohen Org. Chem. Adv. Stud. I. 553. |