SINTER

sinter

(verb) cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sinter (plural sinters)

(geology) An alluvial sediment deposited by a mineral spring.

A mass formed by sintering.

A mixture of iron ore and fluxes added to a blast furnace.

Verb

sinter (third-person singular simple present sinters, present participle sintering, simple past and past participle sintered)

To compact and heat a powder to form a solid mass.

Anagrams

• Insert, Stiner, Strine, Tiners, estrin, inerts, insert, inters, niters, nitres, terins, triens, trines

Source: Wiktionary


Sin"ter, n. Etym: [G. Cf. Cinder.] (Min.)

Definition: Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when hammered; -- applied as a name to various minerals. Calcareous sinter, a loose banded variety of calcite formed by deposition from lime-bearing waters; calcareous tufa; travertine.

– Ceraunian sinter, fulgurite.

– Siliceous sinter, a light cellular or fibrous opal; especially, geyserite (see Geyserite). It has often a pearly luster, and is then called pearl sinter.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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