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sinter
Sinter (noun) means an alluvial sediment deposited by a mineral spring.
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1
An alluvial sediment deposited by a mineral spring.
"It has steaming lakes, pools, and streams, healing baths and springs, acidulous basins of emerald, opal, and orange, and tinted terraces of sinter."
— David Paul Gooding (1913)
2
A solid mass produced by the process of sintering.
"Consider a copper sinter material with spherical sinter particles in an early stage of the sintering process, see Fig. 3.5(a)."
— John Banhart, Advanced Tomographic Methods in Materials Research and Engineering (2008)
3
A blend of iron ore and other materials fed into a furnace for smelting.
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Etymology
This word comes from German Sinter, making it a doublet of cinder.
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What is the meaning of sinter?
"sinter" (noun) means an alluvial sediment deposited by a mineral spring.
What are the different meanings of sinter?
"sinter" has 3 main meanings: 1. An alluvial sediment deposited by a mineral spring; 2. A solid mass produced by the process of sintering; 3. A blend of iron ore and other materials fed into a furnace for smelting.
