Sticky, gummy character of a floor finish allowing the surface to attract and hold dirt, dust and soils.

The stickiness of the surface of a sealant or adhesive.

1. Stickiness. 2. When a painting material dries out, gels, or sets up, it loses tackiness or stickiness.

Adhesive properties of wet solder cream, necessary to hold components in place before reflow.

The ability of solder paste to hold surface mount components in place after placement but before reflow soldering.

That property of ink which makes it cling to the plate. The tackier the ink used in gravure work, the darker the resultant print, but a tacky ink can also be difficult to wipe. Conditioners such as Typolin can be used to reduce the tackiness.

tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar