calcic
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of calcic
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Capillitium irregularly reticulate throughout; calcic nodes various Physarum 2.
From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)
Precipitates from ferric sulphate, unlike calcic compounds, do not subsequently enter into putrefaction.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 by Various
In 1839, Link obtained spherical granulations by the precipitation of calcic or plumbic solutions by potash, soda, or carbonic acid.
From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane
Forms occur, however, in which these outer calcic deposits are almost entirely wanting; the peridium becomes transparent, the capillitium visible from without.
From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)
Other alkalies are calcic hydroxide or slaked lime, a solution of which in water is known as lime-water; baric hydroxide and strontic hydroxide, derived from the metals barium and strontium.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
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