noun Download 🔗Share A colourless liquid unsaturated organic acid, CH2CHCOOH; used as a monomer in the production of acrylic resins; forms acrylate esters by combination with alcohols. Examples : "In the lab, the chemist used acrylic acid to create a new type of plastic by linking many molecules together. " chemistry compound substance material technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading