polyacrylonitrile

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polyacrylonitrile

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Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús

Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.

English poly-

English acrylonitrile

English polyacrylonitrile

From poly- + acrylonitrile.

noun polyacrylonitriles

  1. Any polymer or copolymer of acrylonitrile; they are mostly resins that are used to make fibers for fabrics

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