calcine

[ kal-sahyn, -sin ]

verb (used with object)

, cal·cined, cal·cin·ing.

1. to convert into calx by heating or burning.
2. to frit.

verb (used without object)

, cal·cined, cal·cin·ing.

1. to be converted into calx by heating or burning.

noun

1. material resulting from calcination; calx.

calcine

/ ˌkælsɪˈneɪʃən; ˈkælsaɪn; -sɪn /

verb

1. tr to heat (a substance) so that it is oxidized, reduced, or loses water
2. intr to oxidize as a result of heating

Derived Forms

• calcination, noun

Other Words From

• cal·cin·a·ble [kal, -s, uh, -n, uh, -b, uh, l], adjective
• cal·ci·na·tion [kal-s, uh, -, ney, -sh, uh, n], noun
• cal·ci·na·tor [kal, -s, uh, -ney-ter], noun
• cal·cin·a·to·ry [kal-, sin, -, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, kal, -sin-, uh, -], adjective noun
• semi·calcined adjective
• un·calcined adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of calcine¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin calcināre to heat, originally used by alchemists

Word History and Origins

Origin of calcine¹

C14: from Medieval Latin calcināre to heat, from Latin calx lime

Example Sentences

This metal readily parts with its phlogiston, so as to be very subject to calcine, or rust, by exposure to the air.

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Heat gently with a Bunsen burner until the sulphur burns, and then calcine until no more sulphurous oxide comes off.

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Calcine, with occasional stirring, until no odour of sulphurous oxide can be detected.

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Some vanners calcine their samples before commencing to van.

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Transfer the filter and its contents to an E Battersea crucible, and calcine it for a few minutes.

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Related Words

• blaze
• char
• heat
• ignite
• incinerate
• light
• melt
• scorch
• smolder
• torch