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Definition of Vinyl
Vinyl Vinyl Vi"nyl, n. [L. vinum wine + -yl.] (Chem.)
The hypothetical radical C2H3, regarded as the
characteristic residue of ethylene and that related series of
unsaturated hydrocarbons with which the allyl compounds are
homologous.
vinyl Ethenyl Eth"e*nyl, n. [Ethene + -yl.] (Chem.)
(a) A trivalent hydrocarbon radical, CH3.C.
(b) A univalent hydrocarbon radical of the ethylene series,
CH2:CH; -- called also vinyl. See Vinyl.