additive manufacturing

English

Noun

additive manufacturing (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of 3D printing (broad sense).
    Alternative form: AM (initialism)
    Hypernyms: manufacturing, making
    • 2015 September, Steven E. Kuehn, “I'm Printing Your Prescription Now, Ma'am”, in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Putnam Media, page 7:
      SPRITAM uses Aprecia's proprietary ZipDose platform, a technology based on three-dimensional printing (a/k/a additive manufacturing) to print its formulation into a porous matrix that quickly dissolves with a sip of liquid.

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