Meanings
plural acrylonitriles
- countableuncountablechemistryA toxic colourless liquid organic compound, CH₂=CH.CN, synthesized from propylene and ammonia; used as a monomer in the production of acrylic resins and synthetic rubber.
These simulations suggest that vinyl cyanide (C₂H₃CN; also known as acrylonitrile or propenenitrile) would be the best candidate species for the formation of these hypothesized cell-like membranes, known as “azotosomes” (2).
2017 July 28, Mareen Y. Palmer, “ALMA detection and astrobiological potential of vinyl cyanide on Titan”, in Science Advances, volume 3, number 7Synonyms: vinyl cyanide, propenenitrile
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA toxic colourless liquid organic compound, CH₂=CH.CN, synthesized from propylene and ammonia; used as a monomer in the production of acrylic resins and synthetic rubber.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna colorless liquid unsaturated nitrile made from propene
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish akryylinitriili
- akryylinitriilitoxic colourless liquid
French acrylonitrile
- acrylonitriletoxic colourless liquid
German Acrylnitril
- Acrylnitriltoxic colourless liquid
Greek ακρυλονιτρίλιο
- ακρυλονιτρίλιο (akrylonitrílio)toxic colourless liquid
Irish aicrilinítríl
- aicrilinítríltoxic colourless liquid
Italian acrilonitrile
- acrilonitriletoxic colourless liquid
Polish akrylonitryl
- akrylonitryltoxic colourless liquid
Portuguese acrilonitrila, acrilonitrilo
- acrilonitrilatoxic colourless liquid
- acrilonitrilotoxic colourless liquid
Russian акрилонитри́л
- акрилонитри́л (akrilonitríl)toxic colourless liquid
Spanish acrilonitrilo
- acrilonitrilotoxic colourless liquid
Cite this entry
acrylonitrile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acrylonitrile
“acrylonitrile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acrylonitrile. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acrylonitrile,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acrylonitrile.
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