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three-dimensional printer

American  

noun

PLURAL

three-dimensional printers
  1. 3D printer.


Example Sentences

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What’s most unusual about the home is that it was made with an 11-foot-tall three-dimensional printer.

From New York Times

But a demo house in Calverton, New York, was constructed scan by scan - its walls made using a giant three-dimensional printer.

From Reuters

After scaling that skeleton up 27 times, he used a three-dimensional printer to create the model, which he then fabricated together.

From Washington Times

He creates the statue with help from a three-dimensional printer, as he gets it ready for a nearly impossible deadline tied to the 2011 Veteran’s Day Parade.

From Washington Times

Going from holograms to this type of technology — technically called volumetric display — is like shifting from a two-dimensional printer to a three-dimensional printer, Smalley said.

From Seattle Times