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PVC
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English
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Noun
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en Q146368 en organic compound en polyvinyl chloride.
en polymer#Noun plastic#Noun
en CPVC<id:Q3395510>
en-GB John Vidal 'Tilting at windmills: the boy who harnessed the wind' w:The Guardian 2009-10-02 https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2009/oct/03/malawian-teenager-builds-wind-turbine 0261-3077 Using a tractor fan, shock absorbers, PVC pipes, a bicycle frame and anything else he could lay his hands on, he then built a rudimentary wooden tower, plonked his home-made generator on the top, and eventually got one, and then four bulbs to light up. https://web.archive.org/web/20261017221824/https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2009/oct/03/malawian-teenager-builds-wind-turbine 17 October 2026
en medicine en premature ventricular contraction.
en medicine en peripheral venous catheter.
en networking en permanent virtual circuit.
Translations
(organic compound) polyvinyl chloride polyvinyl chloride
(medicine) premature ventricular contraction of the heart
Polish: pl PVC n
(medicine) peripheral venous catheter
Polish: pl wenflon m
(networking) permanent virtual circuit
Polish: pl PVC n
See also
chemistry en ABS
References
en organic chemistry Bashford, David. Thermoplastics: Directory and databook; 9780412733505. London: Chapman & Hall, 1997.
Anagrams
en cpv CVP PCV VCP
en 3-letter abbreviations