sintering

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of sinter

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A process in which the particles of a powder are welded together by pressure and heating to a temperature below its melting point.

   “The idea was to build a thick pavement of high-density dry snow, allowing it to "age-harden" like concrete. The latter process, technically known as sintering, depends on the progressive formation of intergranular bonds, mainly by temperature-dependent vapor diffusion.”