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methacrylate

methacrylate noun: any salt or ester of methacrylic acid, especially an ester used in the manufacture of resins and plastics.

Noun

methacrylate (plural methacrylates)

  1. Any salt or ester of methacrylic acid, especially an ester used in the manufacture of resins and plastics.
  2. A resin manufactured from methacrylic acid or a methacrylate.

Forms of methacrylate

pluralmethacrylates

Origin of methacrylate

From methacrylic + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Words formed from methacrylate

Questions about methacrylate

What does methacrylate mean?
Methacrylate means any salt or ester of methacrylic acid, especially an ester used in the manufacture of resins and plastics.
What part of speech is methacrylate?
Methacrylate is a noun.
What is the plural of methacrylate?
The plural of methacrylate is methacrylates.

Words near methacrylate in the dictionary

  1. methacarn
  2. methacholine
  3. methacrolein
  4. methacrylaldehyde
  5. methacrylamide
  6. methacrylate
  7. methacrylated
  8. methacrylates
  9. methacrylation
  10. methacrylations
  11. methacrylic

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