VINYL CYANIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vinyl cyanide mean? 

• VINYL CYANIDE (noun)
  The noun VINYL CYANIDE has 1 sense:

1. a colorless liquid unsaturated nitrile made from propene

  Familiarity information: VINYL CYANIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VINYL CYANIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A colorless liquid unsaturated nitrile made from propene

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

acrylonitrile; propenonitrile; vinyl cyanide

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

cyanide; nitril; nitrile (any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN)

 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)

If membrane-like structures could be formed by vinyl cyanide, it would be an important step on the pathway to life on Saturn’s moon Titan.

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