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noun
Any salt or ester of methacrylic acid, especially an ester used in the manufacture of resins and plastics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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noun
A resin manufactured from methacrylic acid or a methacrylate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology tree English meth- English acrylic English methacrylic English -ate English methacrylate From methacrylic + -ate (“salt or ester”).
