PVC

English

Noun

PVC (countable and uncountable, plural PVCs)

2. (organic chemistry) Initialism of polyvinyl chloride.

   Hypernyms: polymer, plastic

   Hyponym: CPVC

   • 2009 October 2, John Vidal, “'Tilting at windmills: the boy who harnessed the wind'”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Using a tractor fan, shock absorbers, PVC pipes, a bicycle frame and anything else he could lay his hands on, he then built a rudimentary wooden tower, plonked his home-made generator on the top, and eventually got one, and then four bulbs to light up.

3. (medicine) Initialism of premature ventricular contraction.
4. (medicine) Initialism of peripheral venous catheter.
5. (networking) Initialism of permanent virtual circuit.

Translations

(organic compound) polyvinyl chloride — see polyvinyl chloride

(medicine) premature ventricular contraction of the heart

(medicine) peripheral venous catheter

• Polish: wenflon m

(networking) permanent virtual circuit

See also

• (chemistry): ABS

References

• (organic chemistry) Bashford, David. Thermoplastics: Directory and databook; →ISBN. London: Chapman & Hall, 1997.

Anagrams

• CVP, PCV, VCP