calcine

[ kal-sahyn, -sin ]

/ ˈkæl saɪn, -sɪn /

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verb (used with object), cal·cined, cal·cin·ing.

to convert into calx by heating or burning.

to frit.

verb (used without object), cal·cined, cal·cin·ing.

to be converted into calx by heating or burning.

noun

material resulting from calcination; calx.

Nearby words

calcification, calcifuge, calcify, calcimine, calcination, calcine, calcined baryta, calciner, calcinosis, calcinosis circumscripta, calcinosis universalis

Origin of calcine

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

Related forms

cal·cin·a·ble

[kal-suh-nuh-buh l] /ˈkæl sə nə bəl/, adjectivecal·ci·na·tion

[kal-suh-ney-shuh n] /ˌkæl səˈneɪ ʃən/, nouncal·ci·na·tor

[kal-suh-ney-ter] /ˈkæl səˌneɪ tər/, nouncal·cin·a·to·ry

[kal-sin-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, kal-sin-uh-] /kælˈsɪn əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈkæl sɪn ə-/, adjective, noun

sem·i·cal·cined, adjectiveun·cal·cined, adjective

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Examples from the Web for calcine

The skull of a dead man, calcine it, and extract the Salts as that of Tartar.
Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony|George Francis Dow
Zinc, while it is not in fusion, doth not calcine; but it begins to turn to a calx the moment it begins to melt.
Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed.|Pierre Joseph Macquer
Our work consisted in heating the oven in order to calcine the alabaster that we had got together in a heap.
The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia|Fyodor Dostoyevsky
This compound hath been exposed to a fire sufficient, not only to dry it, but even to calcine it.
Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed.|Pierre Joseph Macquer

Heat gently with a Bunsen burner until the sulphur burns, and then calcine until no more sulphurous oxide comes off.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer

British Dictionary definitions for calcine

calcine

/ (ˈkælsaɪn, -sɪn) /

verb

(tr) to heat (a substance) so that it is oxidized, reduced, or loses water

(intr) to oxidize as a result of heating

Derived Forms

calcination (ˌkælsɪˈneɪʃən), noun

Word Origin for calcine

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

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Medicine definitions for calcine

calcine

[ kăl-sīn, kăl′sīn ]

v.

To heat a substance to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point, causing loss of moisture, reduction, or oxidation and the decomposition of carbonates and other compounds.