VINYL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vinyl mean? 

• VINYL (noun)
  The noun VINYL has 2 senses:

1. a univalent chemical radical derived from ethylene

2. shiny and tough and flexible plastic; used especially for floor coverings

  Familiarity information: VINYL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VINYL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A univalent chemical radical derived from ethylene

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

vinyl; vinyl group; vinyl radical

Hypernyms ("vinyl" is a kind of...):

chemical group; group; radical ((chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Shiny and tough and flexible plastic; used especially for floor coverings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("vinyl" is a kind of...):

plastic (generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives)

 Context examples 

On Earth, acrylonitrile, also known as vinyl cyanide, is useful in the manufacture of plastics.

(NASA Finds Moon of Saturn Has Chemical That Could Form ‘Membranes’, NASA)

Vinyl fluoride metabolites form covalent DNA adducts that attribute to inhibition of DNA replication and to mutagenicity consequences.

(Monofluoroethene, NCI Thesaurus)

Ethylene dichloride is primarily used to produce vinyl chloride.

(Ethylene Dichloride, NCI Thesaurus)

This substance is used in printing inks, paints and to color vinyl, rubber and paper.

(Lead Chromate, NCI Thesaurus)

A carbazole derivative (3,6-bis[2-(1-methylpyridinium)vinyl]carbazole diiodide) that selectively targets to the G-quadruplex DNA structure, used as a fluorescent probe for cancer cytological diagnosis and with potential antitumor activity.

(G-Quadruplex Stabilizer BMVC, NCI Thesaurus)

Ethylene dibromide is used as a chemical intermediate in the synthesis of resins, waxes, gums, dyes and pharmaceuticals and is used to produce vinyl bromide.

(Ethylene Dibromide, NCI Thesaurus)

A battery consisting of a lithium anode and a cathode of iodine and poly-2-vinyl pyridine.

(Lithium Iodide Battery Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic polymer (copolymer of 1,3-bis(methylaminocarboxyl)-2-methylenepropanecarbamate and N-vinyl pyrrolidone) of low molecular weight which acts as a nonspecific immune modulator and has been shown to have significant antitumor activity in vitro and in vivo in preclinical and some early clinical studies.

(Copovithane, NCI Thesaurus)

An ether lipid in which glycerol is covalently bound to a polar phospholipid head group like choline or ethanolamine, a typical ester-linked fatty acid, and an ether-linked fatty acid, which is usually a vinyl alcohol.

(Plasmalogen, NCI Thesaurus)

Glycidol is used as a stabilizer for natural oils and vinyl polymers, as an alkylating agent, a sterilant, a demulsifier, a dye-leveling agent and it is also used as an intermediate in the synthesis of glycerol, glycidyl ethers and amines.

(Glycidol, NCI Thesaurus)