3-D printernoun [ C ]
also 3D printer uk/θriːˌdiː ˈprɪn.tər//θriːˌdiː ˈprɪn.t̬ɚ/a printer attached to a computer, that can make a solid object from a digital model by printing many separate layers of the object :
With this state-of-the-art 3-D printer you can turn your ideas into real objects.
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3-D printing
noun [ U ] also 3D printing
They claimed that with the possibility of 3-D printing a new industrial revolution was under way.