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acrylic fiber

noun Chemistry.

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.

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Nearby words

acrylamide, acrylate, acrylic, acrylic acid, acrylic ester, acrylic fiber, acrylic fibre, acrylic resin, acrylonitrile, acrylyl, acrylyl group

Origin of acrylic fiber

First recorded in 1950–55
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Science definitions for acrylic fiber

acrylic fiber

Any of numerous synthetic fibers polymerized from acrylonitrile.
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