3D printer
noun
variants
or less commonly 3-D printer
plural 3D printers also 3-D printers
: a device used to manufacture objects by depositing material in successive layers according to a prescribed pattern or model : a machine used for 3D printing
That served to protect them for the next stage, in which they were mixed with plastic and used as feedstock in a 3D printer, which printed a model of the bunny.—
The Economist
The EconomistMr. Drumm … designed the Printrbot, a desktop 3-D printer kit. Like a number of other 3-D printers, it uses heated plastic—applied layer by layer to a heated bed by a glue-gun-like extruder—to turn designs created on a computer into real objects.—Steven Kurutz
Steven KurutzExamples of 3D printer in a Sentence
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About 85 percent of the 110-foot-tall, two-stage vehicle is built using a massive 3D printer, which the company says could be used for a number of products and ultimately include manufacturing in space.
—Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
But researchers at Columbia University in New York have created a 3D printer that makes cheesecake.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2023
The Makerspace has a 3D printer, laser cutter, computer numerical control machine and an Espresso Book Machine so aspiring authors can print their book.
—Susan McFarland, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
Yes, the same Carson who apparently does not know how recreating tons of Survivor puzzles on a 3D printer worked out for David Wright on Edge of Extinction.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2023
Behind the table with the 3D printer, a whiteboard listed some of the world’s largest fashion corporations with production quantities next to them.
—Alden Wicker, WIRED, 22 Feb. 2023
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Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
But researchers at Columbia University in New York have created a 3D printer that makes cheesecake.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2023
The Makerspace has a 3D printer, laser cutter, computer numerical control machine and an Espresso Book Machine so aspiring authors can print their book.
—Susan McFarland, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
Yes, the same Carson who apparently does not know how recreating tons of Survivor puzzles on a 3D printer worked out for David Wright on Edge of Extinction.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2023
Behind the table with the 3D printer, a whiteboard listed some of the world’s largest fashion corporations with production quantities next to them.
—Alden Wicker, WIRED, 22 Feb. 2023
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“3D printer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/3D%20printer. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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