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Definition: PVC |
PVCNoun1. A polymer of vinyl chloride used instead of rubber in electric cables. 2. Irregularity of cardiac rhythm; recurrent occurrences can be a precursor of ventricular fibrillation. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Computing | PVC 1. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Polyvinyl chloride, or in short, PVC, is a widely-used plastic. In terms of revenue generated, it is one of the most valuable products of the chemical industry.
Polyvinyl chloride is produced from its monomer, vinyl chloride (chemical formula CH2=CHCl). PVC is a hard plastic that is made softer and more flexible by the addition of phthalates (plasticizers).
There are many uses for PVC including gramophone records (hence called vinyl records) and pipe/plumbing/conduit fixtures; and, in its soft form, for clothing, upholstery (car seats), etc.
History
Polyvinyl chloride was accidentally discovered on at least two occasions in the 19th century, first in 1838 by Henri Victor Regnault and in 1872 by Eugen Baumann. On both occasions, the polymer appeared as a white solid inside flasks of vinyl chloride that had been left exposed to sunlight. In the early 20th century, the Russian chemist Ivan Ostromislensky and Fritz Klatte of the German chemical company Griesheim-Elektron both attempted to use PVC in commercial products, but difficulties in processing the rigid, sometimes brittle polymer blocked their efforts.In 1926, Waldo Semon of B.F. Goodrich developed a method to plasticize PVC by blending it with various additives. The result was a more flexible and more easily processed material that soon achieved widespread commercial use.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Polyvinyl chloride."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
- The chemical compound Polyvinyl chloride
- Irregular heartbeat: Premature Ventricular Contraction
- In frame relay a permanent virtual circuit
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "PVC."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
PVC | Danish | Polyvinylchlorid | Chemistry, Chemical Industry |
PVC | Dutch | Permanent Veterinair Comite | Biology & Biotechnology |
PVC | English | Pressure Vessel Code | N/A |
PVC | French | Polyvinylchlorure | Chemical Industry, Industry |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: PVCSynonyms: polyvinyl chloride (n), premature ventricular contraction (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: PVC |
| Specialty definitions using "PVC": boffing ♦ rubber conveyor belt. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "PVC" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (polyvinyl chloride, PVC), German (pvc), Hungarian (pvc), Swedish (pvc). |
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 | PVC pipes are used to protect the Oculina varicosa and to provide stability during the restoration. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Oculina varicosa restoration structure comprised of cement blocks and PVC piping. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Mangrove seedlings are placed in PVC pipes to protect them from boat wakes caused by boats traveling at high speeds in the shallow estuarine waters of the Indian River Lagoon. The PVC protects them until they are large enough to establish themselves in the marine environment. The mangrove seedlings in the PVC are approximately one year old plants. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | A one year old mangrove seedling is protected from high speed boat wakes by a PVC cage. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | A group of mangrove seedlings are protected by PVC pipes at a marina in Florida. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | One year old mangrove seedlings are protected from high speed boat wakes by a PVC cage. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Plug site 7 looking at the south bank of the existing oil access canal. The white PVC pipe marks one end of the proposed plug. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "PVC Pipes" by Jason Krieger Commentary: "Here is a cluster of pvc pipes..." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | China’s thermal stabilizer industry developed simultaneously with the PVC industry. (references) | |
The demand of these products is increasing which will increase the demand of PVC resins. (references) | ||
U.S. PVC imports account for over 53 percent of the market, followed by Brazil with 11 percent. (references) | ||
Economic History | Maldives | The industrial sector provides only about 7% of GDP. Traditional industry consists of boat building and handicrafts, while modern industry is limited to a few tuna canneries, five garment factories, a bottling plant, and a few enterprises in the capital producing PVC pipe, soap, furniture, and food products. (references) |
Maldives | Traditional industry consists of boat building and handicrafts, while modern industry is limited to tuna canneries and other fish processing, several garment factories (some of which have U.S. equity participation), a soft drink bottling plant, and small scale manufacturing enterprises which produce PVC pipe, soap, furniture, and food products. (references) | |
Kenya | Areas of most interest include production of PVC granules, mixing and granulating fertilizer, and textile dyestuff. (references) | |
Trade | Thailand | The Thailand Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) is the national standards organization under the Ministry of Industry . TISI is empowered to give product certifications according to established Thai standards and is an accredited body for ISO and HACCP certifications in Thailand . The government of Thailand requires a compulsory certification of sixty products in ten sectors including: agriculture, construction materials, consumer goods, electrical appliances and accessories, PVC pipe, medical, LPG gas containers, surface coatings, and vehicles . Certification of other products is on a voluntary basis . Industrial products that have TISI's certification are generally regarded as having high standards and good quality . TISI has certified more than 1,921 products on a voluntary basis. (references) |
Bangladesh | Quality control licenses issued by the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institute are required to export the following items: cane molasses, shrimp and prawns (except frozen de-veined or cooked), oil cake, wet batteries and dry battery cells, electric fans and other select electric appliances, biscuits, and PVC electric cables. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "PVC" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 53.72% of the time. "PVC" is used about 121 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 53.72% | 65 | 41,645 |
| Noun (proper) | 40.5% | 49 | 48,677 |
| Noun (common) | 5.79% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 121 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | PVC Container Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expression using "PVC": pvc hose. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "PVC": pvc-checked, pvc-clothed, pvc-coated, pvc-coated fabric, pvc-covered, pvc-sheathed. | |
Ending with "PVC": non-pvc. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
pvc | 1,239 | pvc valve | 42 |
pvc pipe | 757 | window pvc | 38 |
pvc fence | 287 | pvc plumbing | 37 |
pvc fitting | 176 | heart pvc | 36 |
pvc fencing | 169 | pvc pipe furniture | 35 |
pvc furniture | 164 | cat suit pvc | 30 |
pvc card | 113 | pvc pants | 29 |
pvc pipe fitting | 113 | fetish pvc | 29 |
clear pvc pipe | 107 | pvc skirt | 28 |
pvc lingerie | 103 | pvc blind | 27 |
pvc clothing | 96 | pvc pipe manufacturer | 26 |
bagpipe pvc | 80 | pvc clothes | 26 |
pipe pvc rain storage | 61 | pvc raincoat | 25 |
pvc tubing | 53 | plan pvc | 25 |
pvc dress | 50 | pvc film | 25 |
pvc conduit | 48 | pvc arbor | 24 |
pvc patio furniture | 47 | pvc plastic | 24 |
project pvc | 47 | pvc glue | 23 |
pvc sheet | 43 | pvc and rainsuit | 23 |
pvc piping | 43 | pvc boot | 22 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "PVC"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | polivinilklorid. (various references) | |
Chinese | 颜料体积浓度, 固定虛擬連接 (Permanent Virtual Connection). (various references) | |
Danish | PVC-beklaedt stof (PVC surfaced textile covering), PVC-beklaedning (PVC surfaced textile covering), plastic fremstillet af forbehandlet polystyren har bedre selvslukkende egenskaber end den fremstillet paa PVC-basis (treated polyethylene plastics possessed better self-extinguishing qualitities than plastics with a PVC base), nopret PVC-flise (napped PVC floor tile), hård PVC (rigid PVC). (various references) | |
Dutch | PVC (polyvinyl chloride), polyvinylchloride (polyvinyl chloride). (various references) | |
Esperanto | polivinilklorido (polyvinyl chloride). (various references) | |
Finnish | kova-PVC (rigid PVC), kovapolyvinyylikloridi (rigid PVC). (various references) | |
French | chlorure de polyvinyle. (various references) | |
German | pvc (Polyvinyl chloride). (various references) | |
Greek | επένδυση από υφαντό με επιφάνεια PVC (PVC surfaced textile covering), τα κατεργασμένα πλαστικά πολυεθυλενίου παρουσίασαν καλύτερες προδιαγραφές αυτο-πυρόσβεσης εξ αυτών κατασκευασμένων με βάση το pvc (treated polyethylene plastics possessed better self-extinguishing qualitities than plastics with a PVC base), δύσκαμπτο PVC (rigid PVC). (various references) | |
Hungarian | pvc. (various references) | |
Italian | PVC rigido (rigid PVC), sotto guaina di PVC (pvc sheathed cable), rivestimento di PVC su trama tessile (PVC surfaced textile covering), quadrello in PVC (napped PVC floor tile), le plastiche in polietilene trattato, sotto il profilo dell'autoestinguibilita' sono migliori di quelle a base di PVC (treated polyethylene plastics possessed better self-extinguishing qualitities than plastics with a PVC base). (various references) | |
Korean | 폴리염화비닐. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | pvcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | policloreto de vicila. (various references) | |
Russian | поливинилхлорид. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | polivinil hlorid (polyvinyl chloride). (various references) | |
Spanish | cloruro de polivinilo. (various references) | |
Swedish | pvc, polyvinylklorid (polyvinyl chloride). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "c-p-v" | |
+3 letters: pelvic. | |
+4 letters: captive, coverup, peccavi, pelvics, precava, privacy, upcurve. | |
+5 letters: captives, coverups, overcrop, peccavis, perceive, postcava, precavae, precaval, province, upcurved, upcurves, vampiric. | |
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