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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Vinyl

/vīʹnĭl/ · Vi·nyl · IPA /ˈvaɪ.nɪl/
01 n. The hypothetical radical C2H3, regarded as the characteristic residue of ethylene and that related series of unsaturated hydrocarbons with …
  1. 1.
    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.(Chem.)