{"id":4322,"date":"2021-06-03T19:53:59","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T19:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/definition\/acyclic\/"},"modified":"2021-06-03T19:53:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T19:53:59","slug":"acyclic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/definition\/acyclic\/","title":{"rendered":"acyclic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The term <strong>acyclic<\/strong> is not part of the dictionary of the <strong>Royal Spanish Academy<\/strong> (<strong>RAE<\/strong>).  However, its use is frequent to refer to <strong>that which is neither produced nor developed cyclically<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/aciclico.jpg\" alt=\"Acyclic\" width=\"342\" height=\"238\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-68549\" align=\"right\"\/>To understand what something acyclical is, therefore, one must first know what the notion of <strong>cyclic<\/strong>.  The cyclical, in turn, is linked to a <strong>cycle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>At this point, focus on the concept of <strong>cycle<\/strong>.  This idea may refer to a time period that, when it ends, is re-counted;  to a set of phenomena that are repeated in an orderly way;  to a series of periodic phases;  or to a block or group of events or activities that maintain a certain relationship with each other.<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>cyclical sport<\/strong>, for <strong>example<\/strong>, is characterized by the development of a <strong>simple movement that ends in the same position where it started and then starts again<\/strong>.  On the contrary, a <strong>acyclic sport<\/strong> is defined by <strong>execution of alternating movements that can reach maximum intensity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In cyclical sports there are movements in the same direction;  in acyclic sports, on the other hand, there are changes in direction and intensity.  The <strong>Athletics<\/strong> is a cyclical sport, while the <strong>football<\/strong> it is an acyclic sport.<\/p>\n<p>The expression <strong>directed acyclic graph<\/strong>, on the other hand, is used in <strong>math<\/strong> and the <strong>computer's science<\/strong> to name the directed graph that lacks cycles: this means that for each vertex <strong>v<\/strong> there is no direct route that begins and ends in <strong>v<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-center kksr-valign-bottom\"\n    data-payload='{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;4322&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;legendonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;starsonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;Rate this post&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;0\\\/5 - (0 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;acyclic&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;_legend&quot;:&quot;{score}\\\/{best} - ({count} {votes})&quot;,&quot;font_factor&quot;:&quot;1.25&quot;}'>\n            \n<div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; 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