three-dimensional printer

American  

noun

plural

three-dimensional printers

1. 3D printer.

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Example Sentences

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

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2021

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 • Apr. 25, 2018

Thanks to Enablingthefuture.org, however, Jorgenson will have the opportunity to get a prosthetic hand made locally with a three-dimensional printer.

From Washington Times • Mar. 5, 2015

The company said it has a patent pending on a three-dimensional printer called a "Microgravity Foundry" that uses lasers to deposit nickel in precise patterns in zero gravity.

From Reuters • Jan. 22, 2013

Each three-jointed finger is made in a single manufacturing step by a three-dimensional printer and is then covered with “skin” derived from the same material used to make the touch-sensitive displays on smartphones.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2011