In comparison, 3D printing is described as creating objects by depositing material through a print head or some variation of a nozzle type of device. In industrial and technical settings, additive manufacturing is often the preferred term, and 3D printing is used more by the general public.

History

1940s and 1950s

The general concept of and procedure to be used in 3D-printing was first described by Murray Leinster in his 1945 short story "Things Pass By": "But this constructor

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