Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun . A salt or ester of methacrylic acid, used in the manufacture of certain plastics.
- noun A resin derived from methacrylic acid.
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- noun organic chemistry Any
salt orester ofmethacrylic acid , especially an ester used in themanufacture ofresins andplastics . - noun A resin manufactured from
methacrylic acid or a methacrylate.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Titanium dioxide, which makes paint opaque, has risen close to a record this year, while there's not enough methyl methacrylate, which is used to create weather-resistance.
BusinessWeek.com -- 2010
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The chemical, methyl methacrylate, which is used to make fake fingernails, expands when it gets too hot and turns into a gelatin-type material, said Carl
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The chemical, methyl methacrylate, which is used to make fake fingernails, expands when it gets too hot and turns into a gelatin-type material, said Carl
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The crystal ball measures one inch in diameter and is actually made of genuine methacrylate which is crystal clear.
A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis Melvin Powers
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Acrylics typically use a combination of monomers as their liquid component that may include ethyl methacrylate (EMA) and sometimes contain methyl methacrylate (MMA).
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Indeed the Methacrylate Producers Association warns that ethyl methacrylate may be just as harmful as methyl methacrylate.
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Acrylics typically use a combination of monomers as their liquid component that may include ethyl methacrylate (EMA) and sometimes contain methyl methacrylate (MMA).
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Indeed the Methacrylate Producers Association warns that ethyl methacrylate may be just as harmful as methyl methacrylate.
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It will produce 250,000 tons a year of methyl methacrylate monomers, an ingredient in plastics used for acrylic paint.
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There can be also used synthetic corneas, conceived as a peripheral skirt and a transparent central region, connected on a molecular level by an interpenetrating polymer network, made from poly-2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (pHEMA).
Cornea Transplants -Corneal Transplantation Surgical Proceedure 2008
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