Meanings
nounpolymethyl methyacrylate (uncountable)
- uncountablechemistryA tough, transparent thermoplastic polymer of methyl methyacrylate; it is used as a substitute for glass under the proprietary names of Perspex, Plexiglass and Lucite
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 有機玻璃 /有机玻璃
- 有機玻璃 /有机玻璃 (yǒujī bōli)tough, transparent thermoplastic polymer
Finnish pleksilasi
- pleksilasitough, transparent thermoplastic polymer
French plexiglas
- plexiglastough, transparent thermoplastic polymer
German Acrylglas, Plexiglas
- Acrylglastough, transparent thermoplastic polymer
- Plexiglastough, transparent thermoplastic polymer
Japanese プレキシガラス
- プレキシガラス (purekishigarasu)tough, transparent thermoplastic polymer
Russian плексигла́с, оргстекло́
- плексигла́с (pleksiglás)tough, transparent thermoplastic polymer
- оргстекло́ (orgstekló)tough, transparent thermoplastic polymer
- органи́ческое стекло́ (organíčeskoje stekló)tough, transparent thermoplastic polymer
Spanish plexiglás
- plexiglástough, transparent thermoplastic polymer
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APA
polymethyl methyacrylate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polymethyl%20methyacrylate
MLA
“polymethyl methyacrylate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polymethyl%20methyacrylate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “polymethyl methyacrylate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polymethyl%20methyacrylate.
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