Acrylic Definition

ə-krĭlĭk
acrylics
noun
acrylics
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
A painting done in acrylic resin.
American Heritage
Any of numerous synthetic fibers polymerized from acrylonitrile.
American Heritage
(organic chemistry) An acrylic resin.
Wiktionary
adjective
Of or pertaining to acrylic acid or products made of it.
Webster's New World
Designating or of a series of olefin acids with the general formula CnH2n-2O2
Webster's New World
Designating or of an acrylic resin product (paint, fiber, plastic, adhesive, etc.)
Webster's New World

(organic chemistry) Derived from acrylic acid or acrylonitrile.

Wiktionary
Containing an acrylic resin.
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Other Word Forms of Acrylic

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Singular:
acrylic
Plural:
acrylics

Origin of Acrylic

  • From acryl +‎ -ic, from acrolein, from Latin acer (“sharp”) + olere (“to smell”).

    From Wiktionary

  • acr(olein) –yl –ic

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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