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sputterings

sputterings is the plural of sputtering.

Meaning of sputtering

Noun

sputtering (plural sputterings)

  1. A noise that sputters.
    • 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.2009 April 11, Anthony Tommasini, “Moving on, a Music Director Leaves an Imprint, and a New Hall”, in New York Times
  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.

Questions about sputterings

What is sputterings the plural of?
Sputterings is the plural of sputtering.

Words near sputterings in the dictionary

  1. sputterer
  2. sputterers
  3. sputtering
  4. sputtering out
  5. sputteringly
  6. sputterings
  7. sputters
  8. sputters out
  9. sputtery
  10. sputum
  11. sputums

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