also P.V.C., initialism (acronym) from polyvinyl chloride (1933); see polyvinyl.
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polyvinyl n.
"polymeric substance derived from vinyl compounds," 1930, polymer of vinyl chloride. In chemistry, vinyl was used from 1863 as the name of a univalent radical derived from ethylene, from Latin vinum "wine" (see wine (n.)), because ethyl alcohol is the ordinary alcohol present in wine.