vinyl group

1. 1.

   a univalent chemical radical derived from ethylene

   Synonymsvinylvinyl radical

   Broadergroup

Questions about vinyl group

What does vinyl group mean?

vinyl group means "a univalent chemical radical derived from ethylene".

What is another word for vinyl group?

Close synonyms include vinyl, vinyl radical. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vinyl group a common word?

vinyl group is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.