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Acrylic   /əkrˈɪlɪk/   Listen
adjective
acrylic  adj.  
1.
(Chem.) Of or containing acryl, the hypothetical radical (R.CH:CH.CO-) of which acrolein (H2C:CH.CHO) is the hydride; as, acrylic acid. The characteristic residue in an acrylic compound is the carbonyl group attached directly to an ethylenic carbon.
2.
Of or pertaining to a derivative of acrylic acid, or an object consisting mostly of an acrylic resin; as, an acrylic window.


Acrylic  adj.  
1.
A paint in which the pigment is suspended in a solution of an acrylic resin, which dries to a hard film on exposure to air.
2.
A painting made using an acrylic paint; as, he donated several of his acrylics to the museum.
3.
Same as acrylic resin.
4.
Same as acrylic fiber.





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... acids are further divided according to the nature of the parent hydrocarbon. Methane and its homologues give origin to the "paraffin'' or "fatty series'' of the general formula Cn H2n1COOH, ethylene gives origin to the acrylic acid series, CnH2n-1COOH, and soon. Dibasic acids of the paraffin series of hydrocarbons have the general formula CnH2(COOH)2n; malonic and succinic acids are important members. The isomerism which occurs as soon as the molecule contains a few carbon atoms renders any classification based on empirical ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia


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