PVC
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- noun
- /piː viː siː/
- Specialized
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PVC
- Course bubble diffusers were replaced with PVC piping and fine bubble diffusers to enhance aerator biological decomposition efficiency.
- PVC pipe
- PVC sheet
- PVC fittings
It's a pipe, the PVC pipe in the ground.
- It's a pipe, the PVC pipe in the ground.
- Please don't use PVC for your air manifold.
- And that has to match the type of PVC or the, the diameter of PVC pipe that you're using.
Examples
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The 10 cm diameter pipe is made of PVC, and the other sizes are cast iron.
Academic text (1998) -
We'll use a little bit of PVC pipe, not much.
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All you do is you allow the piece of PVC to do the work for you.
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And then the third category is clear PVC with some color.
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Sizes down to 2 1/2" are available in both PVC and PP construction.
Academic text (1998) -
It's a pipe, the PVC pipe in the ground.
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I cut some one inch PVC down to about the size of my fist.
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Products range in size from 1/2" to 4" and are available in PVC, CPVC, and polypropylene.
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And then the next thing you're going to need is some PVC glue to glue the caps on.
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The plumber recommended using PVC pipes for their durability and resistance to corrosion.
Synonyms
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6.6
A man-made plastic used for pipes or films
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A hard plastic used to make pipes, cable covers and credit cards
A plastic that people make and use for pipes, flooring, and coatings
A strong plastic made from many small chemical parts often used for pipes and floors
How Flexible
Surface Forms
Morphology
PVC = P + V + C
This is an initialism (PVC = polyvinyl chloride); the letters correspond to words in a technical term rather than to English morphemes, so the form does not transparently indicate meaning.
Etymology
PVC for the plastic stands for polyvinyl chloride, where poly- means 'many', vinyl is the same word you see in 'vinyl records', and chloride means it has 'chlorine', so PVC is a strong, cheap plastic used for pipes, cables, and many other items.