Ua kapa ʻia ka pepa Acrylic i ka pepa PMMA, Plexiglass a i ʻole pepa aniani Organic.ʻO ka inoa kemika ʻo Polymethyl methacrylate.Mālama ʻo Acrylic i nā waiwai kino i waena o nā plastics ma muli o ke aniani maikaʻi loa e ʻālohilohi a me ke aniani e like me ke aniani, mahalo ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "Queen of Plastics" a hauʻoli nui ʻia e nā mea hana.
Hoʻohana ʻia ka huaʻōlelo "acrylic" no nā huahana i loaʻa i kahi mea i loaʻa mai ka waikawa acrylic a i ʻole kahi pūhui pili.ʻO ka pinepine, hoʻohana ʻia ia no ka wehewehe ʻana i kahi plastik akaka a like me ke aniani i ʻike ʻia he poly(methyl) methacrylate (PMMA).ʻO ka PMMA, i kapa ʻia hoʻi ke aniani acrylic, he mau waiwai i koho maikaʻi ʻia no nā huahana he nui i hana ʻia i ke aniani.