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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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