additive manufacturing

English

Noun

additive manufacturing (uncountable)

1. 3D printing.
   • 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.

Derived terms

• AM (English Initialism)

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: lisäävä valmistus
• French: fabrication additive (fr) f
• German: additive Fertigung f, generative Fertigung f, additive Herstellung f