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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, vinylethyl ether, vinyl group, vinylidene

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How to use vinyl chloride in a sentence

Her striking new, vinyl-only single once again confirms St. Vincent's idiosyncratic talent.
Is Bigger Better for St. Vincent?|David Yaffe|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There have been many reactions to the digitization of our lives, like the resurgence of vinyl and the entire Maker movement.
Blurred Lines at NY Sketchbook Museum|Daniel Genis|November 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Actually, the very first thing that came out—the vinyl of Is This It—was released on September 11, 2001.
Julian Casablancas Enters the Void: On the Strokes’ Friction, Why He Left NYC, and Starting Over|Marlow Stern|October 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In a telling repudiation of its corporate priorities, serious music fans increasingly want to own vinyl from 50 years ago.
Five Lessons the Faltering Music Industry Could Learn From TV|Ted Gioia|August 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST

My social circle at that time was the D.C. punk scene and we were all listening to vinyl.
15 Years After Napster: How the Music Service Changed the Industry|Alex Suskind|June 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Chloride of Lime … bad smell … bad egg … white of egg … fowl … grain … flour … flour and water … milk fluid … milk.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
The same effect may be produced by dipping the straw into the chloride of lime dissolved in water.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness|Florence Hartley
There had never been screens on a barn in Bentford before, however, nor any chloride of lime used.
The Idyl of Twin Fires|Walter Prichard Eaton
It gave a bluish-black color with impure ferrous sulphate and a dark color with ferric chloride.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme
An alcoholic solution of this substance gave a dark color with ferric chloride and a light colored precipitate with lead acetate.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme

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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Medical definitions for vinyl chloride

vinyl chloride

A flammable gas used in the plastics industry as a monomer for polyvinyl chloride and suspected of being a potent carcinogen in humans.

Scientific definitions for vinyl chloride

vinyl chloride

A flammable gas used to make polyvinyl chloride. Chemical formula: C2H3Cl.