Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SINTER

n.In mineralogy, calcarious sinter is a variety of carbonate of lime, composed of a series of successive layers, concentric, plane or undulated, and nearly or quite parallel. It appears under various forms. Silicious sinter is white or grayish, light, brittle, porous, and of a fibrous texture. Opaline silicious sinter somewhat resembles opal. It is whitish, with brownish, blackish or bluish spots, and its fragments present dendritic appearances. Pearl sinter or fiorite occurs in stalactitic, cylindrical, botryoidal, and globular masses, white or grayish.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SINTER

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

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sinter

sin ter |ˈsin (t )ər ˈsɪntər | ▶noun 1 Geology a hard siliceous or calcareous deposit precipitated from mineral springs. 2 solid material that has been sintered, esp. a mixture of iron ore and other materials prepared for smelting. ▶verb [ with obj. ] make (a powdered material ) coalesce into a solid or porous mass by heating it (and usually also compressing it ) without liquefaction. • [ no obj. ] coalesce in this way. ORIGIN late 18th cent. (as a noun ): from German Sinter; compare with cinder .

 

Oxford Dictionary

sinter

sinter |ˈsɪntə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 Geology a hard siliceous or calcareous deposit precipitated from mineral springs. 2 solid material which has been sintered, especially a mixture of iron ore and other materials prepared for smelting. ▶verb [ with obj. ] make (a powdered material ) coalesce into a solid or porous mass by heating it (and usually also compressing it ) without liquefaction. • [ no obj. ] coalesce in this way. ORIGIN late 18th cent. (as a noun ): from German Sinter; compare with cinder .

 

Duden Dictionary

Sinter

Sin ter Substantiv, maskulin , der |S i nter |mittelhochdeutsch sinter, sinder, althochdeutsch sintar = Metallschlacke poröses Gestein (meist Kalkstein ), das durch Ablagerung aus fließendem Wasser entstanden ist

 

Sinterglas

Sin ter glas Substantiv, Neutrum , das |S i nterglas |

 

sintern

sin tern schwaches Verb Technik |s i ntern |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « a (pulverförmige bis körnige Stoffe, besonders Metall ) durch Erhitzen [und Einwirkenlassen von Druck ] oberflächlich zum Schmelzen bringen, zusammenwachsen lassen und verfestigen Erze, keramische Rohmasse sintern b durch Einwirkung von Hitze [und Druck ] oberflächlich schmelzen, zusammenwachsen und sich verfestigen das Erz sintert und bildet Blöcke

 

Sinterterrasse

Sin ter ter ras se Substantiv, feminin , die |S i nterterrasse |

 

Spanish Dictionary

sinterizar

sinterizar verbo transitivo Fabricar objetos mediante el prensado de polvos o materias metálicas o plásticas que previamente han sido calentadas sin llegar a la fusión .Conjug. [4 ] como realizar .