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Stereolithography vs Photolithography - What's the difference?

stereolithography | photolithography |

As nouns the difference between stereolithography and photolithography

is that stereolithography is a means of rapid prototyping in which a laser hardens successive layers of a photopolymer to create a part with a shape defined by a computer model while photolithography is a lithographic procedure in which printing plates are made using a photographic process.

stereolithography

English

Noun

(-)
  • a means of rapid prototyping in which a laser hardens successive layers of a photopolymer to create a part with a shape defined by a computer model.

    • Abbreviations

    * SL, STL

    See also

    * (Rapid prototyping)

    photolithography

    English

    (wikipedia photolithography)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A lithographic procedure in which printing plates are made using a photographic process.
  • An optical exposure process used in the manufacture of integrated circuits.

    • Related terms

    * photolithograph