Sinter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Sinter	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Sinter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sinter v cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sinter \Sin"ter\, n. [G. Cf. {Cinder}.] (Min.) 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.