acrylonitrile

2 definitions found

acrylonitrile - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  acrylonitrile \acrylonitrile\ n.
     1. a colorless liquid compound (H2C:CH.CN); used as raw
        material for acrylic fibers, and as a solvent.
  
     Syn: vinyl cyanide, cyanoethylene, 2-propenenitrile
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

acrylonitrile - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  acrylonitrile
      n 1: a colorless liquid unsaturated nitrile made from propene
           [syn: propenonitrile, acrylonitrile, vinyl cyanide]