photolithography.

A process using light-sensitive materials to create patterns on a surface, especially during microchip production.

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• photolithography mask
• photolithography process

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Photolithography defined the tiny circuit features.

Dust ruined the photolithography step.

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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.