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A common thermoplastic resin, used in a wide variety of manufactured products, including rainwear, garden hoses, phonograph records, and floor tiles.

[p(oly)v(inyl) c(hloride).]

PVC

abbreviation for

(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) polyvinyl chloride; a synthetic thermoplastic material made by polymerizing vinyl chloride. The properties depend on the added plasticizer. The flexible forms are used in hosepipes, insulation, shoes, garments, etc. Rigid PVC is used for moulded articles

PVC

See polyvinyl chloride.

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Noun	1.	PVC - a polymer of vinyl chloride used instead of rubber in electric cables polyvinyl chloride polyvinyl resin, vinyl polymer, vinyl resin - a thermoplastic derived by polymerization from compounds containing the vinyl group
	2.	PVC - irregularity of cardiac rhythm; recurrent occurrences can be a precursor of ventricular fibrillation premature ventricular contraction arrhythmia, cardiac arrhythmia - an abnormal rate of muscle contractions in the heart

Translations

PVC N ABBR =polyvinyl chloride → PVC m

PVC [ˌpiːviːˈsiː] n abbr (=polyvinyl chloride) → PVC m

PVC abbr of polyvinyl chloride → PVC nt

PVC [ˌpiːviːˈsiː] n abbr =polyvinyl chloride → PVC

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2, 2009 (CENS)--China's Department of Commerce has announced it will continue imposing anti-dumping tax on imports of PVC (polyvinyl chloride) originally made in the U.

China levies anti-dumping tax on U.S., Japan, S. Korea and Taiwan by The Taiwan Economic News

PVC can be found in or on many back-to-school products, including lunch boxes, binders, backpacks, clothes and art supplies.

School supplies pose toxic threat to students by Patton, Jessica Rae / Our Planet

In the 1970s, problems associated with the installation of piping systems were identified to cause service failures of PVC pressure pipes in the UK (1).

The effects of frequency on fatigue threshold and crack propagation ... by Samat, Noorasikin; Burford, Robert; Whittle, Alan; Hoffman, Mark / Polymer Engineering and Science