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• Sputter cleaning — is the cleaning of a solid surface in a vacuum by using physical sputtering of the surface. Sputter cleaning is often used in vacuum deposition and ion plating. In 1955 Farnsworth, Schlier, George, and Burger reported using sputter cleaning in an …   Wikipedia

• Sputter — Sput ter, v. t. To spit out hastily by quick, successive efforts, with a spluttering sound; to utter hastily and confusedly, without control over the organs of speech. [1913 Webster] In the midst of caresses, and without the least pretended… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Sputter — Sput ter, n. Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles; also, confused and hasty speech. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Sputter — Sput ter (sp[u^]t t[ e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sputtered} ( t[ e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sputtering}.] [From the root of spout or spit to eject from the mouth. Cf. {Splutter}.] 1. To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Sputter coating — in microscopy is a process of covering a specimen with a very thin layer of heavy metal, generally a gold/palladium (Au/Pd) mixture. This coating increases the ability of a specimen to conduct electricity and emit secondary electrons when in a… …   Wikipedia

• sputter — 1590s, to spit with explosive sounds, cognate with Du. sputteren, W.Fris. sputterje (see SPOUT (Cf. spout)). Related: Sputtered; sputtering. The noun is attested from 1670s …   Etymology dictionary

• sputter — ► VERB 1) make a series of soft explosive sounds. 2) speak in a series of incoherent bursts. ► NOUN ▪ a sputtering sound. ORIGIN Dutch sputteren …   English terms dictionary

• sputter — [sput′ər] vi. [Du sputteren, freq. < MDu spotten, to spit: for base see SPEW] 1. to spit out drops of saliva, bits of food, etc. in an explosive manner, as when talking excitedly; splutter 2. to speak hastily in a confused, explosive manner 3 …   English World dictionary

• Sputter deposition — is a physical vapor deposition (PVD) method of depositing thin films by sputtering, that is ejecting, material from a target, that is source, which then deposits onto a substrate, such as a silicon wafer. Resputtering is re emission of the… …   Wikipedia

• Sputter Gun — Infobox Weapon|is ranged=yes caption= name= Sputter Gun type=Submachine gun origin=flagcountry|United States design date= production date= 1982 1985 service= None used by= None wars= None spec type= Automatic fire submachine gun part length= 7.8… …   Wikipedia

• sputter — [[t]spʌ̱tə(r)[/t]] sputters, sputtering, sputtered 1) VERB If something such as an engine or a flame sputters, it works or burns in an uneven way and makes a series of soft popping sounds. The truck sputtered and stopped... [V prep/adv] Engines… …   English dictionary