"tackifier" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tackifiers [plural]
Etymology: From tackify + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|tackify|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} From tackify + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} tackifier (plural tackifiers)
  1. (manufacturing, chemistry) A tackiness agent; a substance which is added in order to increase tack. Related terms: detackifier, detackification Translations (tackiness agent): Klebrigmacher [masculine] (German)

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