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polyvinyl chloride

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.42 in modern English

Syllables
polyvinyl chlo-ride
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thermoplastic resin produced by the polymerization of vinyl chloride; used as an electrical insulator and in many other applications. Can be compounded into flexible and rigid forms through the use of plasticizers, stabilizers, fillers and other modifiers.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

polyvinyl chlorides (plural) PVC (abbreviation)

Derived Forms

PVC

Phrases

polyvinyl chloride pneumoconiosis unplasticised polyvinyl chloride unplasticized polyvinyl chloride

Frequently Paired Words

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Synonyms

pvc

Questions

What does polyvinyl chloride mean?
A thermoplastic resin produced by the polymerization of vinyl chloride; used as an electrical insulator and in many other applications. Can be compounded into flexible and rigid forms through the use of plasticizers, stabilizers, fillers and other modifiers.

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