photolithography Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a planographic printing process using plates made from a photographic image

WordNet

Pho`to*li*thog"ra*phy noun
Definitions
  1. The art or process of producing photolithographs. The process by which the image of a pattern is transferred photographically to a sensitive surface, and the surface subsequently etched; used for printing or in the production of integrated circuits.

Webster 1913