['v??n(?)l]
¦ noun
1. synthetic resin or plastic based on polyvinyl chloride, used e.g. for wallpaper and emulsion paint and for gramophone records.
2. also 'v??n??l, -n?l [as modifier] Chemistry of or denoting the unsaturated hydrocarbon radical ?CH=CH2, derived from ethylene: vinyl chloride.
Origin
C19: from L.
vinum 'wine' (suggested by the relationship of ethylene to ethyl alcohol) +
-yl.