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acrylamide

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /əˈkɹɪləmaɪd/

1

noun

Meaning 1

The amide of acrylic acid, CH2=CH.CONH2; used in the manufacture of polyacrylamides.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they claimed that acrylamide is produced when certain carbohydrates are baked or fried at high temperatures

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: amide

History

Etymology

From acryl + amide.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 丙烯醯胺 (bǐngxīxī'àn) — Amide of acrylic acid
  • Chinese Mandarin: 丙烯酰胺 (bǐngxīxiān'àn) — Amide of acrylic acid
  • Dutch: acrylamide — Amide of acrylic acid
  • Finnish: akryyliamidi — Amide of acrylic acid
  • French: acrylamide — Amide of acrylic acid
  • German: Acrylamid — Amide of acrylic acid
  • Greek: ακρυλαμίδιο (akrylamídio) — Amide of acrylic acid
  • Hungarian: akrilamid — Amide of acrylic acid
  • Indonesian: akrilamida — Amide of acrylic acid
  • Italian: acrilammide — Amide of acrylic acid
  • Japanese: アクリルアミド (akuriruamido) — Amide of acrylic acid
  • Kazakh: акриламид (akrilamid) — Amide of acrylic acid
  • Persian: آکریلآمید — Amide of acrylic acid
  • Portuguese: acrilamida — Amide of acrylic acid
  • Russian: акрилами́д (akrilamíd) — Amide of acrylic acid
  • Spanish: acrilamida — Amide of acrylic acid
  • Thai: อะคริลาไมด์ (àkrílámai) — Amide of acrylic acid
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