Etymology

electrocyclic

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Today it means: Describing a molecular rearrangement in which a covalent single bond is formed between the ends of a fully conjugated system resulting in a cyclic compound with one fewer double bonds Full definition →

English cyclic ← Classical Latin cyclicus ← French cyclique
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  1. Frenchélectro-
  2. Latinēlectrum
  3. Latinelectro-
  4. Englishelectro-
  5. Ancient Greekκυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)
  6. Classical Latincyclicu
  7. Middle Frenchcyclique
  8. Frenchcyclique
  9. Classical Latincyclicus
  10. Englishcyclic
  11. English todayelectrocyclic

From electro- + cyclic.

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