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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A toxic and carcinogenic colorless flammable gas, C2H3Cl, having a sweet odor and used as a monomer for polyvinyl chloride.
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- noun chemistry A
colourless gas , CH2=CHCl, used in themanufacture of theplastic polyvinyl chloride
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