photoresist

[ foh-toh-ri-zist ]

noun

1. Electronics. a photosensitive liquid polymer, used in photolithography to produce integrated circuits.

Word History and Origins

Origin of photoresist¹

First recorded in 1950–55; photo- + resist

Example Sentences

Granted to my colleagues and myself in 2005, it was for a topcoat waterproof material for a photoresist—a light-sensitive substance used to make circuit patterns for semiconductor chips.

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