Meaning of physible | Babel Free

Definitions

A data object that is capable of being manufactured as a physical object using an additive manufacturing process such as with a 3D printer.

informal

Examples

“In a Monday blog post, The Pirate Bay's "WinstonQ2038" labeled the site's new category "physibles" --data objects that users can transform from digital to physical form via 3D printers and scanners.”

“That's because the file for a physible is effectively the recipe for making the final object.”

“The Art Institute of Chicago got physible! Its latest file on Thingiverse allows interested parties to download and 3D-print their own museum model.”

“This hasn't escaped the attention of the piratebay who are already hosting what they call physibles - downloadable 3D models of objects that can be printed on a 3D printer.”

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