Acrylonitrile

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  acrylonitrile \acrylonitrile\ n.
     1. a colorless liquid compound ({H2C:CH.CN}); used as raw
        material for acrylic fibers, and as a solvent.
  
     Syn: vinyl cyanide, cyanoethylene, 2-propenenitrile
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  acrylonitrile
       n : a colorless liquid unsaturated nitrile made from propene
           [syn: {propenonitrile}, {vinyl cyanide}]