calcic

American

[kal-sik] / ˈkæl sɪk /

adjective

pertaining to or containing lime or calcium.

calcic British

/ ˈkælsɪk /

adjective

of, containing, or concerned with lime or calcium

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Etymology

Origin of calcic

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

Example Sentences

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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.

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By precipitating chloride of calcium with the carbonates of ammonium and other alkaline carbonates, he obtained small spheres which grew and were transformed into calcic rhombohedra.

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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.

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Precipitates from ferric sulphate, unlike calcic compounds, do not subsequently enter into putrefaction.

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In 1839, Link obtained spherical granulations by the precipitation of calcic or plumbic solutions by potash, soda, or carbonic acid.

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