Polycyclic may refer to:
- Polycyclic compound, in organic chemistry, a cyclic compound with more than one hydrocarbon loop or ring structures
- Polycyclic group, in mathematics, a solvable group that satisfies the maximal condition on subgroups
In Organic chemistry, a polycyclic compound is a Cyclic compound with more than one hydrocarbon loop or ring structures ( Benzene rings. In Mathematics, especially in the area of Abstract algebra known as Group theory, a polycyclic group is a Solvable group that satisfies the maximal
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polycyclic
-adjective
- (chemistry) Having two or more rings of atoms in the molecule.
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