For example, a domestic partnership in both Nevada and Oregon next door, a civil union in New Jersey, a civil union in Hawaii, a civil union in Colorado, a civil union in Illinois or a civil partnership in the United Kingdom would qualify as a domestic partnership in California.
Sputtering is a process whereby particles are ejected from a solid target material due to bombardment of the target by energetic particles.It only happens when the kinetic energy of the incoming particles is much higher than conventional thermal energies (â« 1 eV).hysical sputtering has a well-defined minimum energy threshold equal to or larger than the ion energy at which the maximum energy transfer of the ion to a sample atom equals the binding energy of a surface atom. This threshold typically is somewhere in the range 10â100 eV.
1. verb. 1  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. 2  Sputter is also a noun. 3  If a process, action, or state of affairs sputters, it progresses slowly and unevenly or starts to end. The battle sputtered to a halt in mid-October. The whole thing sputtered out. If you sputter, you speak with difficulty and make short sounds, especially because you are angry, shocked, or excited. Stunned, I sputtered, 'What do you mean?'. [VERB with quote]