acrylonitrile

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

acrylonitrile
    n 1: a colorless liquid unsaturated nitrile made from propene
         [syn: {propenonitrile}, {acrylonitrile}, {vinyl cyanide}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

acrylonitrile \acrylonitrile\ n.
   1. a colorless liquid compound ({H2C:CH.CN}); used as raw
      material for acrylic fibers, and as a solvent.

   Syn: vinyl cyanide, cyanoethylene, 2-propenenitrile
        [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]