Acyclic

Template:Sister project Acyclic may refer to:

• In chemistry, a compound which is an open-chain compound, e.g. alkanes and acyclic aliphatic compounds
• In mathematics:
  • A graph without a cycle, especially
    • A directed acyclic graph
  • An acyclic complex is a chain complex all of whose homology groups are zero
    • An acyclic sheaf is a sheaf all of whose higher sheaf cohomology groups are zero
    • An acyclic space is a topological space all of whose homology groups are zero
• In economics, an economic indicator with little or no correlation to the business cycle