modacrylic fiber

American

[mod-uh-kril-ik fahy-ber, mod-] / ˈmɒd əˈkrɪl ɪk ˈfaɪ bər, ˌmɒd- /

noun

any of various synthetic copolymer textile fibers, as Dynel, containing less than 85 percent but more than 35 percent of acrylonitrile.

Etymology

Origin of modacrylic fiber

1955–60; mod(ified) ( def. ) + acrylic

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modacrylic fiber

The hair is really thousands of colored strands of polyester or modacrylic fiber, usually in bunches of three to eight strands.*

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