Meanings
- uncountablemediaA lithographic procedure in which printing plates are made using a photographic process.
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The appearance of the book is as unattractive as its subject-matter. It has been reproduced from typescript by photolithography, as many theses are in these days of expensive printing; but the copy photographed has been carelessly typed on a machine with a defective spacing-mechanism and a number of damaged characters; to make matters worse, the typist has failed to keep the type clean.
1965, A. J. Bliss, “Die Reception des a-nasalis romanischer Lehnwörter im Mittelenglischen und seine Weiterentwicklung in Standard u. Dialekten by Ursula Schmidt. Heidelberg, 1963. xliii + 313 pp.”, in Medium Ævum, volume 34, number 2, Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature, →DOI, page 174 - uncountableAn optical exposure process used in the manufacture of integrated circuits.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Englishphoto-
- Englishlithography
- Englishphotolithography
From photo- (“light, photography”) + lithography.
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photolithography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photolithography
“photolithography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photolithography. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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