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sputtering::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, splutter, sputter |
| Type of | noise |
| Derivation | sputter |
Examples of sputtering
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It is not, however, a long-term strategy for reviving the sputtering job market.
From the stltoday.com
Though the Bills'offense is sputtering, Spiller's role will inevitably increase.
From the post-gazette.com
Four people got on the phone at once and I could barely sort out the sputtering.
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Lara Lington's start-up is sputtering, and she has just become an ex-girlfriend.
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Part of the poor performance, they say, can be blamed on the sputtering economy.
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None of these insights, of course, make your sputtering memory less frustrating.
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Over medium heat, bring the mixture to a sputtering simmer, stirring constantly.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The only glaring exception was among its sputtering Scion brand, which fell 25%.
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If the gloom goes on too much longer, it could snuff out the sputtering recovery.
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- Spatter: the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire"
- Make an explosive sound; "sputtering engines"
- An utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
- Cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed; "The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust"
- Clamber: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
- Splutter: spit up in an explosive manner
- Sputtering is a process whereby atoms are ejected from a solid target material due to bombardment of the target by energetic particles. It is commonly used for thin-film deposition, etching and analytical techniques (see below).
- Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles; also, confused and hasty speech; To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking; To utter words hastily and indistinctly; to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; To throw out anything, as little ...
- (Sputtering) A process used to apply photovoltaic semiconductor material to a substrate by a physical vapor deposition process where high-energy ions are used to bombard elemental sources of semiconductor material, which eject vapors of atoms that are then deposited in thin layers on a substrate.
