calcic
Americanadjective
adjective
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Origin of calcic
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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 Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
Cal′cify, to make calcic: to turn into bony tissue.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Like albumin also this calcic solution is coagulated by heat; a solution of a calcic salt of a volatile acid on heating forms a precipitate which has all the appearance of albumin coagulated by heat.
From The Mechanism of Life by Stéphane Leduc
Precipitates from ferric sulphate, unlike calcic compounds, do not subsequently enter into putrefaction.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 by Various
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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