polyacrylic acid

noun

poly·​acrylic acid

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: a polymer of acrylic acid : a polycarboxylic acid (−CH₂CH(COOH)−)_x formed by polymerization of an acrylic ester of acrylonitrile followed by hydrolysis

Word History

Etymology

poly- + acrylic

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

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