0 present participle of sputter --
2 If an activity sputters, it continues weakly, and does not make people feel confident about it: --
Resistance to motion of a small, hypervelocity sphere, sputtering through a gas.
The actual situation in respect of sputtering is contingent on several factors, such as particle size, composition, shape and porosity, that remain uncertain.
Other sputtering processes may be considered in the future.
A high-density and low-temperature divertor means lower plate sputtering.
Sputtering provides a mechanism for the meteoroids to lose a substantial fraction of their momentum and energy without experiencing extreme heating.
It is not acceptable for cleaning since the cathode sputtering is sufficient in argon atmosphere in this case.
This results in a lack of reliable data on the sputtering yield under operational conditions.
Synthesis of nanocrystalline material by sputtering and laser ablation at low temperatures.
