'Sinter' definitions:
Definition of 'sinter'
From: WordNet
verb
Cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting
Definition of 'Sinter'
From: GCIDE
- 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