decacyclic etymology

English word decacyclic comes from English cyclic, English deca-

Detailed word origin of decacyclic

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
cyclic English (eng) (botany) Having parts arranged in a whorl.. (chemistry, of a compound) Having chains of atoms arranged in a ring.. (geometry, of a polygon) Able to be inscribed in a circle.. (mathematics, of a group) Being generated by only one element.. Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals.
deca- English (eng) In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10. Symbol: da. Ten.
decacyclic English (eng) (chemistry) Describing any molecule having ten rings.

Words with the same origin as decacyclic

Descendants of deca-
dakat decaborane decacarbonyl decachlorobiphenyl decagon decagram decahedron decahistidine decahydrate decakatal decalogy decamer decamillennial decamillionaire decangular decanormal decare decastyle decasyllabic decatetraene decathlon decillion tetradecahedron tetraphosphorus decasulfide