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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sinter 
  v  :  used  of  powdery  metals  or  ores;  to  cause  to  become  a 
  coherent  mass  by  heating  without  melting 




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