decycle

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verb

To remove the cycles from.

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Meanings

verbdecycle (third-person singular simple present decycles, present participle decycling, simple past and past participle decycled)

present singular third person decycles · participle present decycling · participle past decycled · past decycled

  1. transitivegraph theoryTo remove the cycles from.

    In the decycling phase it removes or redirects some edges until the resulting graph is acyclic.

    2009, Ioannis G. Tollis, Maurizio Patrignani, Graph Drawing: 16th International Symposium

Origin

From de- + cycle.

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decycle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decycle.

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