noun
methacrylic acid
Technical term in organic chemistry; a carboxylic acid used in polymer production.
メタクリル酸は、ポリメタクリル酸メチルの原料として使われる。
Methacrylic acid is used as a raw material for polymethyl methacrylate.
Acrylic acid; methacrylic acid has an extra methyl group, making it less reactive and more hydrophobic.
From English 'methacrylic acid', itself from 'meth-' (methyl) + 'acrylic acid'.