photofabrication

noun

pho·​to·​fabrication

¦fōtˌō+

: a process for manufacturing components (such as microcircuits) in which a design is photographed, reduced, and chemically etched on a surface (as of a semiconductor)

Word History

Etymology

phot- + fabrication

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

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