polymethyl methacrylate

See also: polymethylmethacrylate

English

Noun

polymethyl methacrylate (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A thermoplastic transparent plastic manufactured by the polymerization of methyl methacrylate, often used in place of glass - it being lighter, softer and not shattering on impact.

Synonyms

• PMMA
• acrylic
• plexiglass

Translations

transparent tough plastic

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有機玻璃／有机玻璃 (zh) (yǒujī bōli)

• Finnish: polymetyylimetakrylaatti (fi); pleksilasi, akryyli (fi)
• French: polyméthacrylate de méthyle (fr) m
• Hungarian: plexiüveg (hu)
• Marathi: प्लेक्सीग्लास (pleksīglās)
• Romanian: polimetacrilat de metil (ro) n
• Russian: плексигла́с (ru) m (pleksiglás), оргстекло́ (ru) n (orgstekló)

See also

• Perspex
• Plexiglas