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acrylic fiber

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noun

Chemistry.

  1. any of the group of synthetic textile fibers, as Orlon, made by the polymerization of acrylonitrile as the principal component with one or more other monomers.

acrylic fiber Scientific  

  1. Any of numerous synthetic fibers polymerized from acrylonitrile.

Etymology

Origin of acrylic fiber

First recorded in 1950–55

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