: a quick-drying synthetic textile fiber made by polymerization of acrylonitrile usually with other monomers
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Recent Examples on the WebAgloves touchscreen gloves are made with a soft, acrylic fiber that keep your hands warm and keep you connected to your phone.Popular Science, 17 Dec. 2020 Some of the benzene that hadn't already soaked into the ground burned up, along with cars containing ethyl ether and acrylonitrile, a volatile compound used to make plastics and acrylic fibers. Dennis Pillion, AL.com, 6 Jan. 2018