methacrylate
noun
meth·ac·ry·late
ˌme-ˈtha-krə-ˌlāt 
1
: a salt or ester of methacrylic acid
2
: an acrylic resin or plastic made from a derivative of methacrylic acid
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The resin has two ingredients, hydroxyethyl methacrylate and isobornyl acrylate, in amounts above the standard set by the Federal Hazardous Substances Act.
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Solcyré Burga, TIME, 25 June 2024
The Armed Forces Institute said Zadroga’s lungs had talc, cellulose, methacrylate, calcium phosphate, carbon and silica.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2024
The team coated the entire surface of the silicon with a copolymer, each molecule of which consisted of a string of polystyrene linked to a string of poly(methyl methacrylate), or PMMA.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2012
Methyl methacrylate, sometimes called MMA, is a colorless liquid with a fruity odor often used in the production of acrylic plastics and resins.
—Polo Sandoval, CNN, 27 Mar. 2023
They are made of methacrylate, the same material which is used to protect supermarket workers from customers.
—Fox News, 8 May 2020
As described July 20 on the physics preprint website arXiv, their metamaterial consisted of a plastic called polymethyl methacrylate embedded in a grid upon gold film.
—Brandon Keim, WIRED, 28 July 2011
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Solcyré Burga, TIME, 25 June 2024
The Armed Forces Institute said Zadroga’s lungs had talc, cellulose, methacrylate, calcium phosphate, carbon and silica.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2024
The team coated the entire surface of the silicon with a copolymer, each molecule of which consisted of a string of polystyrene linked to a string of poly(methyl methacrylate), or PMMA.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2012
Methyl methacrylate, sometimes called MMA, is a colorless liquid with a fruity odor often used in the production of acrylic plastics and resins.
—Polo Sandoval, CNN, 27 Mar. 2023
They are made of methacrylate, the same material which is used to protect supermarket workers from customers.
—Fox News, 8 May 2020
As described July 20 on the physics preprint website arXiv, their metamaterial consisted of a plastic called polymethyl methacrylate embedded in a grid upon gold film.
—Brandon Keim, WIRED, 28 July 2011
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methacrylate
noun
meth·ac·ry·late
(ˈ)meth-ˈak-rə-ˌlāt
1
: a salt or ester of methacrylic acid
2
: an acrylic resin or plastic made from a derivative of methacrylic acid
especially
: methyl methacrylate
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