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polyvinyl alcohol

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English

Syllables
polyvinyl al-co-hol
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A water-soluble synthetic polymer prepared by partial or complete hydrolysis of polyvinyl acetate to remove acetate groups, having many uses, including as an adhesive and surfactant and in freshwater angling.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

polyvinyl alcohols (plural)

Phrases

polyvinyl alcohol oxidase

Synonyms

PVA PVAL PVOH

Questions

What does polyvinyl alcohol mean?
A water-soluble synthetic polymer prepared by partial or complete hydrolysis of polyvinyl acetate to remove acetate groups, having many uses, including as an adhesive and surfactant and in freshwater angling.

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