calcine

[kal-sahyn, -sin]

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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.

Origin of calcine

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

Related formscal·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, nounsem·i·cal·cined, adjectiveun·cal·cined, adjective

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Related Words for calcine

ignite, incinerate, light, torch, melt, char, heat, blaze, smolder, scorch, sear, flicker, combust, bake, rekindle, toast, scald, flash, parch, singe

Examples from the Web for calcine

Historical Examples of calcine

Still, just to clinch the thing, we'll calcine him, gin-house and all.
The Cavalier
George Washington Cable
But if in the dissolving there be aqua fortis, it sufficeth to calcine it.
A Discovrse of Fire and Salt (A Discourse of Fire and Salt)
Blaise de Vigenre
To 'calcine' is to reduce a metal to an oxide, by the action of heat.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
Mix white iron ore (manganese iron ore), 15 parts, with lime, 85 parts; calcine and powder as above.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I
Arnold Cooley
This metal readily parts with its phlogiston, so as to be very subject to calcine, or rust, by exposure to the air.
Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry
Joseph Priestley

British Dictionary definitions for calcine

calcine

verb

(tr) to heat (a substance) so that it is oxidized, reduced, or loses water
(intr) to oxidize as a result of heating

Derived Formscalcination (ˌkælsɪˈneɪʃən), noun

Word Origin for calcine

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

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calcine in Medicine

calcine

[kăl-sīn, kăl′sīn]

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.