English Explanatory Dictionary

methacrylate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any salt or ester of methacrylic acid, especially an ester used in the manufacture of resins and plastics.
  2. A resin manufactured from methacrylic acid or a methacrylate.

Word forms

methacrylate methacrylates

Etymology

From methacrylic + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Derived words

dimethacrylate glycolmethacrylate hydroxyethyl methacrylate methyl methacrylate monomethacrylate polymethylmethacrylate polymethyl methacrylate
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