photolithography noun. [,fǝʊtǝʊlɪ'Ɵɒgrǝfi] M19.
[from PHOTO- + LITHOGRAPHY.]
1. Lithography in which the image is photographically transferred to the printing surface. M19.

2. Electronics. An analogous process for making integrated circuits and printed circuit boards, in which a semiconductor surface is selectively etched after coating it with a photoresist and using a reduced photograph as a mask during exposure to ultraviolet light. L20.

■ photo'lithograph noun & verb (a) noun a print or picture produced by photolithography; (b) verb trans. print, produce, or portray by photolithography: M19.

■ photolithographer noun M19.

■ ,photolitho'graphic adjective pertaining to or produced by photolithography M19.

■ ,photolitho'graphically adverb by means of photolithography M20.

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