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chloroprene definition

chloro·prene (-prēn′)

noun

a colorless liquid, HC:CHCCl:CH, made from acetylene: it can be polymerized to form neoprene

Etymology: chloro- + (iso)prene

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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