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noun Chemistry.
a colorless, easily liquefied, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, C2H3Cl, having a pleasant, etherlike odor: used in the manufacture of plastics, as a refrigerant, and in the synthesis of polyvinyl chloride and other organic compounds.
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Also called chloroethene, chloroethylene.
Words nearby vinyl chloride
vinylacetylene, vinyl alcohol, vinylate, vinylation, vinylbenzene, vinyl chloride, vinyl ether, vinylethylene, vinyl group, vinylidene, vinylidene chloride
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British Dictionary definitions for vinyl chloride
vinyl chloride
noun
a colourless flammable gaseous unsaturated compound made by the chlorination of ethylene and used as a refrigerant and in the manufacture of PVC; chloroethylene; chloroethene. Formula: CH:CHCl
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Scientific definitions for vinyl chloride
vinyl chloride
A flammable gas used to make polyvinyl chloride. Chemical formula: C2H3Cl.
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