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printable

printable

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Made so a 3D machine can make it without big changes
  • adjective
  • /ˈprɪntəbl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : imprimible
  • If I wanted to make some like anodized aluminium parts, who's got the best red and blue metallic PLA or printable plastic?
  • 3D printable

Examples

  • So if someone really wanted to build a composite/printable weapon, a complete redesign might be in order.

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  • Last week, Wiki Weapon, a project to create the first fully printable plastic gun, received the $20,000 in funding it needed to get off the ground.

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  • And is entirely made from printable parts.

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  • The past few weeks have also seen a fair bit of buzz on the Defense Distributed project, which aims to design a 100% 3D printable firearm.

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  • Nanolsolar and Heliovolt's printable solar cells will sell like hotcakes to large buyers, leaving you and me on a long waiting list for personal panels.

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  • I really wanted it to be fully printable with as few vitamins as possible. I started with pure friction bearings, then I altered it so that I had a 1mm ring making contact within each female part.

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  • The artist designed a printable model that can be produced using a 3D printer.

  • Engineers are creating printable components for use in various manufacturing processes.

  • This prototype is entirely printable, making it easy to produce at home with a 3D printer.

Surface Forms

printable positive

Morphology

printable = print (transparent) = print + able

Formed from 'print' + '-able' with 'print' interpreted in the technical sense of 3D printing; the morphological relation is straightforward.

Etymology

Printable still uses print 'to make a physical object or image' and -able 'able to', and a helpful way to remember the 3D sense is to think of a modern printer that builds objects layer by layer, so a 'printable' model is one a 3D printer can make.