vinyl
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See also: Vinyl
English
Etymology
From Latin vīnum (“wine”) + -yl. Derived from Latin vīnum because ethyl alcohol is the ordinary alcohol present in wine.
Pronunciation
Noun
vinyl (countable and uncountable, plural vinyls)
- (organic chemistry, uncountable) The univalent radical CH2=CH−, derived from ethylene.
- (countable) Any of various compounds and substances containing the vinyl radical, especially various tough, flexible, shiny plastics.
- Hyponyms: polyvinyl chloride, PVC
- (music, collectively, uncountable) Phonograph records as a medium.
- Many DJs prefer vinyl to CDs.
- (music, countable) A phonograph record.
- Coordinate term: acetate
- 2011, David Eagleman, Why the Net Matters, Canongate Books, →ISBN:
- This is a tangible example of the net's natural flow toward improved environmental outcomes. Although some people lament the loss of flipping through CDs, or eight-tracks, or vinyls, there is a clear upside to dematerialization.
Derived terms
- 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl vinyl
- 2-chloroethylvinyl ether
- 4-vinylcyclohexene
- beta-chlorovinyldichloroarsine
- bivinyl
- butylvinyl
- chlorovinyldichloroarsine
- dimethylvinyl
- dimethylvinylchloride
- divinyl
- ethylene-vinyl acetate
- ethylvinyl ether
- ethyl vinyl ether
- gamma-vinyl GABA
- gamma vinyl-gamma-aminobutyric acid
- heavy vinyl
- methylvinyl ketone
- methyl vinyl ketone
- naphthylvinylpyridine
- n-nitrosomethylvinylamine
- non-virgin vinyl
- piece of vinyl
- polyphenylene vinylene
- poly(p-phenylene vinylene)
- polyvinyl
- rigid vinyl
- soft vinyl
- trichlorotrivinylarsine
- Vinalon
- vinyl acetate
- vinylacetic acid
- vinyl acetylene
- vinylacetylene
- vinyl alcohol
- vinylate
- vinylation
- vinyl benzene
- vinylbenzene
- vinylbital
- vinyl blank
- vinyl bromide
- vinyl carbinol
- vinyl chloride
- vinyl composition tile
- vinyl copolymer
- vinyl cyanide
- vinyl emulation software
- vinylene
- vinyl ester
- vinylester
- vinyl ether
- vinylethylene
- vinyl ethylene
- vinyl ethyl ether
- vinylethyl ether
- vinyl fluoride
- vinyl group
- vinyl halide
- vinylic
- vinylidene
- vinyl insert
- vinyl iodide
- vinylite
- Vinylite
- vinylogous
- vinylon
- Vinylon
- vinyl plastic
- vinyl polymer
- vinyl radical
- vinyl record
- vinyl resin
- vinyl siding
- vinylstyrene
- vinyltoluene
- vinyl trichloride
- vinyl village
- vinyl vision
- Vinyon
- virgin vinyl
Descendants
Translations
univalent radical
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substance
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record
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Adjective
vinyl (not comparable)
- (chemistry) Containing the vinyl radical.
- Synonym: vinylic
- Made of polyvinyl chloride.
- (music) Pertaining to a phonograph record.
- 1979, “Boogie Wonderland”, in I Am, performed by Earth, Wind & Fire:
- Dance, boogie wonderland / Sound fly through the night / I chase my vinyl dreams to boogie wonderland
- 2015, Dominik Bartmanski, Ian Woodward, Vinyl: The Analogue Record in the Digital Age, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 48:
- After being gifted a turntable and investing in relatively inexpensive speakers, he talks about becoming reacquainted with the Impulse vinyl version of John Coltrane's celebrated jazz album, A Love Supreme.
Translations
Further reading
vinyl group on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - polyvinyl chloride on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “vinyl”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Swedish
Noun
vinyl c
- vinyl (all senses)
- Synonym: (vinyl record) vinylskiva
Declension
Declension of vinyl