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Noun: photolithography  ,fow-tow-li'thó-gru-fee
  1. A planographic printing process using plates made from a photographic image
    "Photolithography is widely used in the production of integrated circuits"
     
  2. A process used in semiconductor manufacturing where light is used to transfer circuit patterns onto silicon wafers
    "Advanced photolithography techniques enable production of smaller transistors"

Derived forms: photolithographies

Type of: litho [informal], lithography

Encyclopedia: Photolithography