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photolithography

noun

  1. a planographic printing process using plates made according to a photographic image
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noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English lithography English photolithography From photo- (“light, photography”) + lithography.

  1. A lithographic procedure in which printing plates are made using a photographic process.

    “The appearance of the book is as unattractive as its subject-matter. It has been reproduced from typescript by photolithography, as many theses are in these days of expensive printing; but the copy photographed has been carelessly typed on a machine with a defective spacing-mechanism and a number of damaged characters; to make matters worse, the typist has failed to keep the type clean.”

  2. An optical exposure process used in the manufacture of integrated circuits.