sinter

Definition

An alluvial sediment deposited by a mineral spring.

Etymology

From German Sinter. Doublet of cinder.

Example Sentences

• "That water at a high temperature can hold quartz in solution is well illustrated by the deposits of silicious sinter, thrown down by thermal springs, […]"
• "It has steaming lakes, pools, and streams, healing baths and springs, acidulous basins of emerald, opal, and orange, and tinted terraces of sinter."
• "Consider a copper sinter material with spherical sinter particles in an early stage of the sintering process, see Fig. 3.5(a)."