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Common kind of plastic
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polyvinyl
Word definitions for polyvinyl in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1930, polymer of vinyl chloride . In chemistry, vinyl was used from 1863 as the name of a univalent radical derived from ethylene, from Latin vinum "wine" (see wine (n.)), because ethyl alcohol is the ordinary alcohol present in wine.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context chemistry English) designating any polymer derived from a vinyl compound
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Polyvinyl is a group of polymers derived from vinyl monomers. Polyvinyl may also refer to: Polyvinyl chloride Polyvinyl acetate Polyvinyl alcohol Polyvinyl Record Co. , an independent record label
Usage examples of polyvinyl.
Living and growing pancreatic cells are encapsulated in a coiled tube of semipermeable membrane, a co-polymer of polyvinyl chloride and poly acrylonitrile.
Because the soil was full of large rocks, it had taken Roger hours to bury the two polyvinyl chests.
At the front of the store was an array of polyvinyl chloride spruce trees predecorated with bubble lights and topped with glass penguins.
Straw-colored drive belts of polyvinyl alcohol sag and release their last traces of industrial odor.
Shed been sitting beside a thicket of tamarisk, stabilizing a fragile basket with polyvinyl acetate, when her assistant Bruce Jenkins gave a sudden yelp.
Beads of polyvinyl acetate are dissolved in liquid acetone, and the resulting polymer is brushed or dripped onto the bone to create a fast-drying coating that effectively “.
He climbed back up as I began struggling into the suit, which was an exercise in zippers and Velcro, and filled with polyvinyl chloride to keep me alive a little longer should the boat capsize.