"PVC" meaning in English

See PVC in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Abbreviation

Forms: PVC
Etymology: PVC < Permanent Virtual Circuit : < Polyvinyl Chloride
  1. permanent virtual circuit
    Sense id: el-PVC-en-abbrev-jTobwwfe Categories (other): Δίκτυο υπολογιστών (αγγλικά) Topics: computing
  2. το πολυβινυλοχλωρίδιο
    Sense id: el-PVC-en-abbrev-ke0S6Fsn Categories (other): Χημεία (αγγλικά) Topics: chemistry
{
  "etymology_text": "PVC < Permanent Virtual Circuit\n: < Polyvinyl Chloride",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "PVC",
      "source": "header"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "abbrev",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Δίκτυο υπολογιστών (αγγλικά)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "permanent virtual circuit"
      ],
      "id": "el-PVC-en-abbrev-jTobwwfe",
      "raw_tags": [
        "δίκτυο υπολογιστών"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Χημεία (αγγλικά)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "το πολυβινυλοχλωρίδιο"
      ],
      "id": "el-PVC-en-abbrev-ke0S6Fsn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "χημεία"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "PVC"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "PVC < Permanent Virtual Circuit\n: < Polyvinyl Chloride",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "PVC",
      "source": "header"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "abbrev",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Δίκτυο υπολογιστών (αγγλικά)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "permanent virtual circuit"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "δίκτυο υπολογιστών"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Χημεία (αγγλικά)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "το πολυβινυλοχλωρίδιο"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "χημεία"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "PVC"
}

Download raw JSONL data for PVC meaning in English (0.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-19 from the elwiktionary dump dated 2026-02-02 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 59dc20b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.