a substance with an acrylate base, usually sold in the form of a quick-setting highly adhesive glue
cyanoacrylate in American English
(ˌsaiənouˈækrəˌleit, -lɪt, saiˌænou-)
noun
Chemistry
a colorless liquid acrylate monomer that is easily polymerized and used as a powerful, fast-acting adhesive
Word origin
[1960–65; cyano-2 + acrylate]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Pap test, buyback, deinstitutionalize, power play, proxemics
Examples of 'cyanoacrylate' in a sentence
cyanoacrylate
One of the materials he was testing, cyanoacrylate, caused a number of problems.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He remembered cyanoacrylate from his earlier work and suggested that they try it.