Methacrylate Definition

mĕth-ăkrə-lāt
noun
. A salt or ester of methacrylic acid, used in the manufacture of certain plastics.
American Heritage
A salt or ester of methacrylic acid.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Methacrylate

Noun

Singular:
methacrylate
Plural:
methacrylates

Origin of Methacrylate

  • meth– acryl(ic) –ate

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

Methacrylate Sentence Examples

  • This would commonly be fixed to the bone using polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) bone cement.

  • Polycom glass is porous sol-gel glass with its pores filled with poly(methyl methacrylate ).

  • Ineos claims world leadership in methyl methacrylate with a capacity of 600,000 tons.

  • In contrast, chain scission efficiency passed tho a minimum at about 20 mole% of the methacrylate.

  • This collagen-based filler also uses polymethyl methacrylate, a synthetic material used in Plexiglas and medical implants.

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Words Starting With

MMEMET

Words Ending With

ETEATE

Unscrambles

methacrylate

Words Starting With M and Ending With E

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Word Length

12 Letter Words12 Letter Words Starting With M12 Letter Words Ending With E