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powder-bed

powder-bed is the alternative spelling of powder bed.

Meaning of powder bed

Noun

powder bed (uncountable)

  1. A component of several kinds of rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing technology for making objects described by digital data. A bed of powder is selectively transformed (in certain regions) via any of various methods (e.g., a liquid that binds, a laser that melts, a laser that sinters).

Questions about powder-bed

What is powder-bed the alternative spelling of?
Powder-bed is the alternative spelling of powder bed.

Words near powder-bed in the dictionary

  1. powder room
  2. powder rooms
  3. powder snow
  4. powder-bag
  5. powder-bags
  6. powder-bed
  7. powder-burn
  8. powder-burns
  9. powder-coat
  10. powder-coated
  11. powder-coating

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