Definitions for "Electroless plating"
Plating that proceeds without an external electricity source. A reduction of metal ions is accomplished with a chiical reducing agent (such as formaldehyde in electroless copper).
A process for chemically depositing metallic material on a nonconductive surface. It is primarily used for metallising holes in a circuit board to prepare them for addition of electroplated metal.
Term in use, but not recommended, for autocatelytic plating.