calcine
Americanverb (used with object)
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to convert into calx by heating or burning.
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to frit.
verb (used without object)
noun
verb
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(tr) to heat (a substance) so that it is oxidized, reduced, or loses water
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(intr) to oxidize as a result of heating
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of calcine
1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin calcināre to heat, originally used by alchemists
Example Sentences
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Then it turns into calcine bone that’s grayish white and brittle with no organic matter.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2023
Decant on to a Swedish filter paper, dry and calcine.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius
The mode of preparation is to calcine the gypsum at temperatures which depend on the class of cement to be produced.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
The attempt of Gulliver scientists to calcine ice into gunpowder were not more ridiculous than trying to transform a fool into a philosopher by the alchemy of education.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 by Brann, William Cowper
Your lato, azoch, zernich, chibrit, heautarit," and another asks:— "Can you sublime and dulcify? calcine?
From Halleck's New English Literature by Halleck, Reuben Post
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