modacrylic fiber: Meaning and Definition of

mod'a•cryl'ic fi'ber

Pronunciation: (mod'u-kril'ik, mod"-), [key]
  1. any of various synthetic copolymer textile fibers, as Dynel, containing less than 85 percent but more than 35 percent of acrylonitrile. Also called
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