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three-dimensional printing

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noun

  1. 3D printing.


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These cytokines are then labelled with magnetic nanoparticles and sorted at high resolution within a microfluidic device, fabricated using scaled three-dimensional printing.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2023

General Electric completed its acquisition of Baker Hughes last month to become the world's second largest oilfield services company, bringing together traditional drilling and pumping gear with technology such as software, sensors and three-dimensional printing.

From Reuters • Aug. 8, 2017

The Wall Street Journal spots a Japanese company “that is using three-dimensional printing to produce custom-made polymer limbs.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2016

The money would set up 15 manufacturing hubs, modelled after a pilot project devoted to three-dimensional printing that was established in 2012 in the former steel-manufacturing town of Youngstown, Ohio.

From Nature • Apr. 17, 2013

He has become close friends with Mr. Olah, who is writing software to enable three-dimensional printing.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2012