Meanings
nounantiplasticizer (plural antiplasticizers)
plural antiplasticizers
- Any additive used in the process of antiplasticization
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
- Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
- Englishanti-
- Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
- Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
- Ancient Greekπλάσσω (plássō)
- Ancient Greekπλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)
- Latinplasticus
- Englishplastic
- Englishplasticize
- Englishplasticizer
- Englishantiplasticizer
From anti- + plasticizer.
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antiplasticizer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiplasticizer
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