sinter

2 definitions found

sinter - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster] Sintoism
        Sintu
        Sinto

sinter - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sinter
      v 1: cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by
           heating without melting