3D printing

or 3-D printing

[ three-dee-prin-ting ]

/ ˈθriˈdi ˈprɪn tɪŋ /

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noun Computers.

a printing process that involves making three-dimensional objects from digital models by applying many thin layers of quick-drying material on top of each other.

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Origin of 3D printing

First recorded in 1980–85

Words nearby 3D printing

38, 38th parallel, 3D, 3D animation, 3D printer, 3D printing, 3G, 3H, 3-hydroxytyramine, 401(k), 401(k) plan

Example sentences from the Web for 3D printing

The printer for the project is coming from Hyperion Robotics, a Finnish company that specializes in 3D printing solutions for reinforced concrete.
The World’s First 3D Printed School Will Be Built in Madagascar|Vanessa Bates Ramirez|February 26, 2021|Singularity Hub
The company also isn’t the only one relying on 3D printing to disrupt the meat industry.
An Israeli Startup Is 3D Printing Cultured Ribeye Steaks|Edd Gent|February 17, 2021|Singularity Hub
One of those companies, Oakland-based Mighty Buildings, just raised $40 million in Series B funding for its quest to create homes that it says are “beautiful, sustainable and affordable” using 3D printing, robotics and automation.
Mighty Buildings nabs $40M Series B to 3D print your next house|Mary Ann Azevedo|February 9, 2021|TechCrunch
Dayna Grayson of Construct Capital, for example, led an early investment in the 3D printing company Desktop Metal — which is going public through a SPAC-led deal — while a partner with the firm NEA.
Amid a boom in SPACs, few women investors|Connie Loizos|October 8, 2020|TechCrunch

Unlimited Tomorrow isn’t the first to use 3D printing for prosthetics.
This Startup Is 3D Printing Custom Prosthetics for a Fraction of the Standard Cost|Vanessa Bates Ramirez|July 22, 2020|Singularity Hub
Using standard methods, the cost of printing DNA could run upwards of a billion dollars or more, depending on the strand.
Design Your Own Dinosaur: The Era of Custom DNA|Justin Jones|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Consumers are also gaining the ability to take the designs into their own hands as 3D printing becomes more accessible.
What, and Who, You'll Be Wearing in 2015|Justin Jones|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For as much as Walter was a maniac, he was at the forefront of printing art.
Tim Burton Talks ‘Big Eyes,’ His Taste For the Macabre, and the ‘Beetlejuice’ Sequel|Marlow Stern|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
With 3D printing you can continue to use the file and update.
3-D Printing Is Changing the Future of Prosthetics|Lucy Vernasco|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The entire process of preplanning and printing the hand, brackets, and cuffs takes just over a day.
3-D Printing Is Changing the Future of Prosthetics|Lucy Vernasco|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Edwin Clayhanger invited me to go over the printing-works at half-past six, and it's twenty-five minutes to seven now.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
They ran side by side across the yard to a roofed flight of steps that led to the printing-office.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
Two days later he walked into the office of the printing firm with which he had been in correspondence.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
The designs of Russia have long been proverbial; but the exercise of the new art of printing may assign them new features.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
This book occasioned some prelates to say that they must root out printing or printing would root out them.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell

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