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Definitions: Acrylic |
AcrylicNoun1. Polymerized from acrylonitrile. 2. A glassy thermoplastic; can be cast and molded or used in coatings and adhesives. 3. Used especially by artists. 4. A synthetic fabric. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "acrylic" was first used: 1855. (references) |
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Chemistry | Fibre formed of linear macromolecules comprising at least 85 % (by mass) in the chain of the acrylinotrilic pattern. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | A type of synthetic fibre made from a polymer which may consist wholly of polyacrylonitrile or a copolymer of a mixture of acrylonitrile with another vinyl compound; acrylonitrile is otherwise known as vinyl cyanide. It is usual for an acrylic fibre to contain at least 85 per cent of acrylonitrile, while a modacrylic fibre can contain less, even as little as 35 per cent. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: AcrylicSynonyms: acrylate resin (n), acrylic fiber (n), acrylic paint (n), acrylic resin (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Acrylic |
| English words defined with "acrylic": Acrilan, acrylic acid, acrylic fiber, acrylic paint, acrylic resin ♦ Courtelle, Crotonic acid ♦ Hydracrylic ♦ Lucite ♦ Oleic, Orlon ♦ Perspex, polypropenonitrile, propenoic acid ♦ Quartenylic ♦ Teracrylic ♦ Undecylenic. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "acrylic": ACID-POLYMERIZATION OPERATOR, acrylic plastic, Acryloid B72 ♦ ceramics technician, CONTOUR WIRE SPECIALIST, DENTURE ♦ DENTAL CERAMIST, DENTAL CERAMIST ASSISTANT, Dental Veneers, denture finisher, dough placed in the upper half ♦ FINISHER, DENTURE, finisher-polisher ♦ Methacrylates ♦ Plastic Embedding, Polycarboxylate Cement, POLYMERIZATION HELPER, porcelain finisher, porcelain waxer ♦ salty man, simulated man ♦ Thermoplastic acrylic. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "acrylic": Hydracrylic ♦ Teracrylic. (references) |
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 | Microbiologist Rodney Bothast adjusts a laboratory fermenter that uses glycerol from vegetable oil. After fermentation and a couple of intermediate steps, the glycerol becomes acrylic acid that can be used to make plastic goods. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller.. |  | Acrylic painting of a Barrow's Goldeneye by Robert Steiner, 315 Cornwall Street, San Francisco, CA 94118. As one of the top wildlife artist's in the country, Bob Steiner, finally won the 1997 Federal Duck Stamp Contest at the age of 48 after 17 previous attempts. Chosen over 379 other entries, Steiner's Barrow's Goldeneye depicts the majesty of the species. The same design, with some enhancements, came in third in the 1995 Federal Duck Stamp Contest (the winner that year was the Surf Scoter design by Wilhelm Goebel). Mr. Steiner has designed a total of 47 duck stamp (state and other commissioned venues), more than any other artist. With a Bachelor's degree in painting and etching at the renowned Rhode Island School of Design, he also achieved a Master's degree in etching and fine art printmaking from San Francisco State University. Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page Visit the U.S. Fish and. |
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Business | It manufactures acrylic Persian Jacquard carpets. (references) | |
The highest ratio in acrylic cloth for which the ratio of dyes to the cloth is 5% in weight. (references) | ||
Nylon cloth, however, grew the faster in production, followed by acrylic, PFY, polyester staple, cotton and rayon clothes. (references) | ||
Economic History | Costa Rica | One of these companies is a PVC compounder, and the other is an acrylic compounder, basically for paints. (references) |
Mexico | The main industrial sectors are automobiles (Nissan) and parts, textiles (yarns and acrylic knits) and apparel. (references) | |
Pakistan | Polyester staple fiber and polyester filament yarn are manufactured locally, but acrylic and viscose staple fibers are imported. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Acrylic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 55.64% of the time. "Acrylic" is used about 257 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 55.64% | 143 | 26,451 |
| Noun (singular) | 42.41% | 109 | 31,132 |
| Noun (common) | 1.17% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.78% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 257 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "acrylic": acrylic acid ♦ acrylic fiber ♦ acrylic glass ♦ acrylic paint ♦ acrylic plastic ♦ acrylic resin ♦ acrylic sheet. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "acrylic": acrylic-based, acrylic-dentine, acrylic-fibres. | |
Ending with "acrylic": Camel-wool-acrylic. | |
Containing "acrylic": acetyl-acrylic acid. | |
| 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 |
acrylic nail | 603 |
acrylic paint | 581 |
acrylic | 494 |
acrylic painting | 358 |
acrylic aquarium | 216 |
acrylic sheet | 139 |
acrylic display | 136 |
acrylic award | 96 |
acrylic furniture | 89 |
acrylic shower | 82 |
acrylic display case | 75 |
acrylic case | 63 |
acrylic bath tub | 61 |
acrylic computer case | 57 |
acrylic box | 56 |
acrylic mirror | 54 |
acrylic shower stalls | 54 |
acrylic nail supply | 49 |
acrylic fish tank | 48 |
acrylic whirlpool tub | 47 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "acrylic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | akrilik. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | اكريليك. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | акрилен, акрил, полиакрилен, полиакрил. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 丙烯酸酯. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | akrylfibre, polyacryl. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | acryl. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | akryylikuidut. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | acrylique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Acryl (acrilan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ακρυλικό (acrylate resin, acrylic plastic, acrylic resin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אקרילי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | akril, mûszál. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | acrilico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | アクチニウ 系列 (Actinides, actinium series, activation, active, active defense, active homing, active solar house, active sonar, active sportswear, activity, actress, actual, actual time, actuality, orgasm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | アクリル . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 아크릴 (acrylate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | acryllagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | acrylicay acrílico. (various references) акриловый. (various references) akrilik. (various references) acrílico. (various references) akrylfiber. (various references) akrilik. (various references) фарба (color, colour, dipper, dye, paint, suffusion, tincture, tint), акрилова смола, акриловий. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | acer. (various references) |
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Words beginning with "acrylic": acrylics. (additional references) | |
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"Acrylic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: accrylic, Acrilan, acrilic, acrylan, acrylo, acylic, arcrylic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "acrylic" (pronounced ukri"lik) |
| 4 | -i" l i k | hydrophilic, idyllic, pedophilic. |
| 3 | -l i k | alcoholic, Alec, allelic, anabolic, anencephalic, angelic, bucolic, catholic, diastolic, frolic, gallic, garlic, hydraulic, hyperbolic, italic, melancholic, metabolic, metallic, nonalcoholic, nonpublic, parabolic, phallic, phenolic, psychedelic, public, relic, shashlik, symbolic, vitriolic, workaholic. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-i-l-r-y" | |
-1 letter: racily. | |
-2 letters: circa, clary, lyric, riyal. | |
-3 letters: acyl, airy, aril, aryl, carl, clay, lacy, laic, lair, lari, liar, lira, racy, rail, rial. | |
-4 letters: ail, air, arc, car, cay, cry, icy, lac, lar, lay, ray, ria, rya, yar. | |
-5 letters: ai, al, ar, ay, la, li, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-i-l-r-y" | |
+1 letter: acrylics. | |
+2 letters: acyclovir, crucially. | |
+3 letters: acyclovirs, arctically, articulacy, carbonylic, carboxylic, circularly, clerically, cortically, critically, cycloramic, farcically, scratchily. | |
+4 letters: accordingly, acerbically, archaically, calorically, carbocyclic, centrically, chronically, circinately, circularity, circulatory, codicillary, conciliarly, criticality, cryptically, cylindrical, farcicality, macrocyclic, practicably, practically, prolificacy, pyroclastic. | |
+5 letters: achlorhydric, acrostically, anarchically, archetypical, capriciously, chalcopyrite, cherubically, chimerically, cholerically, clairvoyance, commercially, conciliatory, cryosurgical, cybernetical, dicarboxylic, electrically, fascicularly, granulocytic, hypocritical, inaccurately, inarticulacy, lycanthropic, microcephaly, microcrystal, narcotically, practicality, prophylactic, prostacyclin, radiolucency, reciprocally, synchronical, tetracycline, thoracically, uncritically. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 63 72 79 6C 69 63 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.-. .-. -.--. .-.. .. -.-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100011 01110010 01111001 01101100 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A c r y l i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0063 0072 0079 006C 0069 0063 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35698491787569 |
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