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vinyl cyanide

vinyl cyanide noun: the compound acrylonitrile.

Noun

vinyl cyanide (uncountable)

  1. The compound acrylonitrile.
    • These simulations suggest that vinyl cyanide (C₂H₃CN; also known as acrylonitrile or propenenitrile) would be the best candidate species for the formation of these hypothesized cell-like membranes, known as “azotosomes” (2).2017 July 28, Mareen Y. Palmer, “ALMA detection and astrobiological potential of vinyl cyanide on Titan”, in Science Advances, volume 3, number 7

Questions about vinyl cyanide

What does vinyl cyanide mean?
Vinyl cyanide means the compound acrylonitrile.
What part of speech is vinyl cyanide?
Vinyl cyanide is a noun.

Words near vinyl cyanide in the dictionary

  1. vinyl acetate
  2. vinyl bromide
  3. vinyl chloride
  4. vinyl composition tile
  5. vinyl composition tiles
  6. vinyl cyanide
  7. vinyl fluoride
  8. vinyl halide
  9. vinyl halides
  10. vinyl insert
  11. vinyl inserts

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