polyvinyl chloride

See also: polyvinylchloride

English

Noun

polyvinyl chloride (countable and uncountable, plural polyvinyl chlorides) (abbreviation PVC)

1. A thermoplastic resin produced by the polymerization of vinyl chloride; used as an electrical insulator and in many other applications. Can be compounded into flexible and rigid forms through the use of plasticizers, stabilizers, fillers and other modifiers.

Derived terms

• polyvinyl chloride pneumoconiosis
• unplasticised polyvinyl chloride, unplasticized polyvinyl chloride

Translations

thermoplastic resin

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聚氯乙烯 (zh) (jùlǜyǐxī)

• Czech: polyvinylchlorid m
• Dutch: PVC
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Finnish: PVC-muovi
• French: polychlorure de vinyle (fr) m, PVC (fr) m
• Georgian: პოლივინილქლორიდი (ṗolivinilkloridi)
• Thai: พอลิไวนิลคลอไรด์, พีวีซี (th)