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vi′nyl chlo′ride, [Chem.]
  1. Chemistrya colorless, easily liquefied, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, C2H3Cl, having a pleasant, etherlike odor: used in the manufacture of plastics, as a refrigerant, and in the synthesis of polyvinyl chloride and other organic compounds. Also called chloroethene, chloroethylene. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
vinyl chloride n
  1. a colourless flammable gaseous unsaturated compound made by the chlorination of ethylene and used as a refrigerant and in the manufacture of PVC; chloroethylene; chloroethene. Formula: CH:CHCl
'vinyl chloride' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
hydrogen chloride - PVC - vinyl - chloroethene - ethylene dichloride - polyvinyl chloride - vinylidene chloride - saran
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