• Sputtering

    Verb

    1. Present participle of sputter

    Noun

    sputtering

    (plural sputterings)
    1. A noise that sputters.
      • 2009, April 11, Anthony Tommasini, Moving on, a Music Director Leaves an Imprint, and a New Hall, The women of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, seated in the rows where the first violins are typically located, contributed an array of haunting vocal sounds: hushed hums, sustained high tones, sputterings and more.
    2. The ejection of atoms from the surface of a solid or liquid following bombardment with ions, atoms or molecules; used to prepare a thin layer of material on an object.
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