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noun Chemistry.
a colorless, volatile, flammable, water-insoluble, liquid, unsaturated ester, C5H8O2, that polymerizes readily to a clear plastic.
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Origin of methyl methacrylate

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby methyl methacrylate

methylisobutenyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone, methyl isocyanate, methyl lactate, methylmercury, methyl methacrylate, methylnaphthalene, methyl oleate, methyl orange, methylparaben, methyl parathion
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British Dictionary definitions for methyl methacrylate

methyl methacrylate
noun
a colourless liquid compound, used in the manufacture of certain methacrylate resins. Formula: CH 2 C(CH 3)COOCH 3
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