noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The removal of residual photoresist to facilitate etching from wafers after photolithography. uncountable

Verb

1. 1
   To remove the scum from. transitive

Etymology

From de- + scum.

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