sintered; sintering; sinters
: to cause to become a coherent mass by heating without melting
: to undergo sintering
sinter
noun
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The material was then placed in a multi-mode microwave sintering furnace, where it was held at an internal temperature of 1,080 °C (1,976 ºF) for 10 minutes.
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Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 11 July 2024
The material is made of a high-metal-load, low-melting-point paste, which is sintered into a thermoplastic scaffold.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Aug. 2021
The print is made with a powdered substance, which afterward goes through a process called sintering.
—Mark Gurman, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2023
The finished magnets can be small slivers, no thicker than a dollar bill for an iPhone speaker, or formed into large wedges and sintered together to create the magnets used in wind turbines.
—Andrew Zaleski, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2023
The final step involved sintering the onggi inside a kiln for a day before it was cooled down.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 Apr. 2023
The parts start life as aluminum alloy powder, which is built up in layers, and lasers are used to sinter it together.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 6 Oct. 2022
Sungwoo Lim, a physicist at the Open University, based in England, has published research describing how to use microwaves to sinter lunar regolith.
—Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2020
The company worked with Boston studio Nervous System to design the midsole, which is laser sintered from a TPU elastomer from 3-D Systems.
—Liz Stinson, WIRED, 14 Apr. 2016
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Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 11 July 2024
The material is made of a high-metal-load, low-melting-point paste, which is sintered into a thermoplastic scaffold.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Aug. 2021
The print is made with a powdered substance, which afterward goes through a process called sintering.
—Mark Gurman, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2023
The finished magnets can be small slivers, no thicker than a dollar bill for an iPhone speaker, or formed into large wedges and sintered together to create the magnets used in wind turbines.
—Andrew Zaleski, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2023
The final step involved sintering the onggi inside a kiln for a day before it was cooled down.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 Apr. 2023
The parts start life as aluminum alloy powder, which is built up in layers, and lasers are used to sinter it together.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 6 Oct. 2022
Sungwoo Lim, a physicist at the Open University, based in England, has published research describing how to use microwaves to sinter lunar regolith.
—Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2020
The company worked with Boston studio Nervous System to design the midsole, which is laser sintered from a TPU elastomer from 3-D Systems.
—Liz Stinson, WIRED, 14 Apr. 2016
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sinter
transitive verb
sin·ter
ˈsint-ər 
: to cause to become a coherent mass by heating without melting
the binding of sintered hydroxyapatite with bone
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