Definition of "sinter" []

• Geology A chemical sediment or crust, as of porous silica, deposited by a mineral spring. (noun)
• A mass formed by sintering. (noun)
• To cause (metallic powder, for example) to form a coherent mass by heating without melting. (verb-transitive)
• To form a coherent mass by heating without melting. (verb-intransitive)

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• "Where, however, the temperature is high, some part of the deposit, even a little gold, may be laid down just about the spring in the deposits known as sinter, which are often formed at such places."
• "The device is based on two image processing technologies developed by Apical Limited (Headquarters: London, United Kingdom, CEO: Dr. Michael Tusch): iridix, which implements pixel-by-pixel dynamic range compression, and sinter, which is an advanced noise reduction core."
• "Because the TE3610PF uses 'sinter' noise reduction technology in addition to iridix, it reduces sensor noise prior to image compression and improves the efficiency of JPEG and"