stereolithography

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ster-der.

Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós)

Ancient Greek στερεο- (stereo-)der.

English stereo-

English lithography

English stereolithography

From stereo- + lithography.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

Noun

stereolithography (uncountable)

1. A means of rapid prototyping in which a laser hardens successive layers of a photopolymer to create a part with a shape defined by a computer model.

Synonyms

• SL, STL

Derived terms

• microstereolithography

Translations

means of prototyping

• Bulgarian: стереолитография f (stereolitografija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 光固化 (guangguhua)

• Finnish: stereolitografia (fi)
• French: stéréolithographie (fr) f
• German: Stereolithographie f

See also

• stereolithography on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rapid prototyping on Wikipedia.Wikipedia