Etymology

3D printing

Today it means: The manufacture of three-dimensional solid objects from digital models. Full definition →

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The story

The narrower sense was the earliest sense, at a time when its referent was the only commercialized type (late 20th century). The broader sense has since eclipsed the narrower one.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.