calcic
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of calcic
Example Sentences
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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
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
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.
From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane
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)
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