Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Geology A chemical sediment or crust, as of porous silica, deposited by a mineral spring.
- noun A mass formed by sintering.
- intransitive verb To cause (metallic powder, for example) to form a coherent mass by heating without melting.
- intransitive verb To form a coherent mass by heating without melting.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Silicious or calcareous matter deposited by springs.
- noun An obsolete form of
center . - To compact or become compacted together by partial fusion, so as to resemble sinter. See
sintering .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when hammered; -- applied as a name to various minerals.
- noun a loose banded variety of calcite formed by deposition from lime-bearing waters; calcareous tufa; travertine.
- noun fulgurite.
- noun a light cellular or fibrous opal; especially, geyserite (see
Geyserite ). It has often a pearly luster, and is then calledpearl sinter .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun geology An
alluvial sediment deposited by amineral spring . - noun A
mass formed bysintering . - noun A mixture of
iron ore andfluxes added to ablast furnace . - verb To
compact andheat apowder to form asolid mass.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Where, however, the temperature is high, some part of the deposit, even a little gold, may be laid down just about the spring in the deposits known as sinter, which are often formed at such places.
Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography Nathaniel Southgate Shaler 1873
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The device is based on two image processing technologies developed by Apical Limited (Headquarters: London, United Kingdom, CEO: Dr. Michael Tusch): iridix, which implements pixel-by-pixel dynamic range compression, and sinter, which is an advanced noise reduction core.
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The device is based on two image processing technologies developed by Apical Limited (Headquarters: London, United Kingdom, CEO: Dr. Michael Tusch): iridix, which implements pixel-by-pixel dynamic range compression, and sinter, which is an advanced noise reduction core.
unknown title 2009
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Because the TE3610PF uses 'sinter' noise reduction technology in addition to iridix, it reduces sensor noise prior to image compression and improves the efficiency of JPEG and
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Because the TE3610PF uses 'sinter' noise reduction technology in addition to iridix, it reduces sensor noise prior to image compression and improves the efficiency of JPEG and
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Regardless of how you grow, spin, forge or sinter new space habitats there will be a need for large high-tech components from Earth built as stackable modules. keny
Griffin - No Human Space Flight Review Needed - NASA Watch 2009
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The equally owned plant would use Kobe's ITmk3 technology, which dispenses with coke ovens, sinter plants and blast furnaces, and uses iron-ore fines and non-coking coal to produce iron nuggets.
Steel Authority, Kobe Steel Plan $284 Million India Plant Rajesh Roy 2011
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Sparrows also has reactivated its sinter plant, which captures the iron out of waste products.
Hanging On at Sparrows Point John W. Miller 2012
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A couple of years ago I did my very first reading at the Bauer Museum of Art. I'd written a short literary piece about my experiences working as a laborer in a sinter plant, and the theme of the new exhibit was Big Steel.
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Using microwaves to sinter a mold can get many shapes, whether flat plates, beams, or other structural elements.
rolig commented on the word sinter
"He felt closer to dust, he said, than to light, air or water. There was nothing he found so unbearable as a well-dusted house, and he never felt more at home than in places where things remained undisturbed, muted under the grey, velvety sinter left when matter dissolved, little by little, into nothingness."
– W. G. Sebald, The Emigrants, tr. Michael Hulse (London: Vintage Books, 2002), 161.
March 23, 2009
sionnach commented on the word sinter
So, according to Weirdnet's second definition, the following sentence would be OK:
The Count sintered some delicious blood pudding for the annual potluck of the Transylvanian nobility.
March 24, 2009
reesetee commented on the word sinter
What a coincidence. I sintered some fruit salad for a party just last week.
March 25, 2009