Definition of "sintered" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of sinter. (verb)

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• "Very finely powdered metal, packed tightly and heated to a relatively low temperature -- "sintered" is the word -- becomes a solid mass."
• "Designer Michiel Cornelissen laser-sintered stainless-steel crucifix has screwdriver bits cut into each tip, turning it into a screwdriver that repels vampires."
• "The solution Dyson's engineers found: pass the air flowing inside the housing over 20 ceramic stones – made, the company says, of "a sintered compound"."