Acrylate
a salt or ester of an .
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- Acrylic resin
any of a group of thermoplastic resins formed by polymerizing the esters of amides of acrylic or methacrylic acid: used chiefly where transparency is desired, as in the methacrylate resins lucite and plexiglas. noun any of a group of polymers or copolymers of acrylic acid, its esters, or amides, used as synthetic rubbers, textiles, paints, […]
- Acronymed
a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pr-nounced as a separate word, as wac from women’s army corps, opec from organization of petroleum exporting countries, or loran from long-range navigation. a set of initials representing a name, organization, or the […]
- Acrylic acid
a colorless, corrosive liquid, c 3 h 4 o 2 , having an acrid odor, usually derived from acrolein by oxidation: used especially in the synthesis of acrylic resins. noun a colourless corrosive pungent liquid, miscible with water, used in the manufacture of acrylic resins. formula: ch2:chcooh systematic name propenoic acid acrylic acid a colorless, […]
- Acrylic ester
any of a series of esters derived from the acrylic acids. historical examples it forms an addition product with acrylic ester, which on heating loses nitrogen and leaves trimethylene dicarboxylic ester. encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 8, slice 4 various
- Acrylic fiber
any of the group of synthetic textile fibers, as orlon, made by the polymerization of acrylonitrile as the princ-p-l component with one or more other monomers. acrylic fiber any of numerous synthetic fibers polymerized from acrylonitrile.