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calcic

American  
[kal-sik] / ˈkæl sɪk /

adjective

  1. pertaining to or containing lime or calcium.


calcic British  
/ ˈkælsɪk /

adjective

  1. of, containing, or concerned with lime or calcium

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of calcic

First recorded in 1870–75; calc- + -ic

Example Sentences

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Recent observations relating to the action of soda upon calcic sulphates, calcic glucates, etc., are most important.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 by Various

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

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

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 Leduc, Stéphane

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