polyvinyl chloride

See also: polyvinylchloride

English

Noun

polyvinyl chloride (countable and uncountable, plural polyvinyl chlorides) (abbreviation PVC)

1. A thermoplastic resin produced by the polymerization of vinyl chloride; used as an electrical insulator and in many other applications. Can be compounded into flexible and rigid forms through the use of plasticizers, stabilizers, fillers and other modifiers.
   • 2009 February 12, Azadeh Ensha, “A Cellphone That Is Made With the Environment in Mind”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The Renew is also free of polyvinyl chloride, asbestos, chlorofluorocarbons and halons.

Derived terms

• polyvinyl chloride pneumoconiosis
• unplasticised polyvinyl chloride, unplasticized polyvinyl chloride
• PVC

Related terms

• ♵

Translations

thermoplastic resin

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聚氯乙烯 (zh) (jùlǜyǐxī)

• Czech: polyvinylchlorid m
• Dutch: pvc (nl) n, polyvinylchloride (nl) n
• Finnish: PVC-muovi
• French: polychlorure de vinyle (fr) m, PVC (fr) m
• Georgian: პოლივინილქლორიდი (ṗolivinilkloridi)
• Hungarian: poli(vinil-klorid), PVC
• Portuguese: policloreto de vinila (pt) m (Brazil)
• Romanian: clorură de polivinil (ro) f, policlorură de vinil (ro) f
• Thai: พอลิไวนิลคลอไรด์, พีวีซี (th)