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inkjet

inkjet

4.0
Made for use in a printer that sprays tiny drops of ink onto paper
  • adjective
  • /ˈɪŋkˌdʒɛt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : de inyección de tinta
  • She bought inkjet printer paper that is specially designed for high-quality photos.

Examples

  • It's hammer mill premium inkjet and laser paper and it's just very high quality.

  • Instead, they have quantum dots inkjet printed onto the panel substrate itself.

  • And then we deposit those inkjet spots onto the basically front panel of a plasma television.

  • Then they filter that blue light with inkjet printed quantum dots, hence the QD in QD OLED.

  • The brochure was produced using inkjet printing to ensure vibrant colors.

  • To create the custom design, they used inkjet technology to print directly onto the fabric.

Synonyms

ink-jet
vsinkjet
  • UK
1 3.9

Relates to printers that spray small drops of ink on paper

means the same but is written without a hyphen in modern use

Surface Forms

inkjet positive

Morphology

inkjet = ink + jet (transparent) = ink + jet

This is a straightforward compound referring to printing with tiny jets of ink, so the meaning is directly recoverable from the two parts.

Etymology

Inkjet joins ink and jet, and jet can be thought of as a quick 'spray'. So something called inkjet is made for printers that spray 'tiny drops' of ink onto paper.