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Acrylonitrile

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A colorless, liquid organic compound, H2C:CHCN, used in the manufacture of acrylic rubber and fibers.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A toxic colourless liquid organic compound, CH2=CH.CN, synthesized from propylene and ammonia; used as a monomer in the production of acrylic resins and synthetic rubber.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. a colorless liquid compound (H2C:CH.CN); used as raw material for acrylic fibers, and as a solvent.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a colorless liquid unsaturated nitrile made from propene

Word Usage

"His report also rapped Ottawa for not doing enough to combat emissions of a noxious substance called acrylonitrile, which is produced when manufacturing synthetic rubber."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

nitril cyanide nitrile

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

vinyl cyanide cyanoethylene 2-propenenitrile

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

butadiene bcc cheir styrene dinitronaphthalene