sputtering

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In the coating process known as sputtering, which is used widely in research and industry, energetic ions from a plasma slam into a solid, knocking out atoms that then cover nearby surfaces.

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  • No telling when he would meet up with them again--and Monk was already planning a little surprise reception He broke surface sputtering, his bright, small eyes peering around him. —  089 - The Flying Goblin
  • He surfaced, sputtering, and admitted that Mac, damn him, had a point. —  Mary Jo Putney - The Rake.htm
  • Dripping, sputtering, and largely ignored Laquatus fell in behind her Chainer began to scan the rest of the crowd. —  SCOTT McGOUGH
  • And why not—it was the first bright day this year that wasn't a winter sun sputtering, the kind of early Spring gift day Mark and I used to celebrate in the park behind the library. —  ChallengingDestiny#24:August2007
  • “Monsignor…” he rasped, the word sputtering out between heaves of pain. —  Prince of the Night
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