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View synonyms for calcine
calcine
[ kal-sahyn, -sin ]
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.
calcine
/ -sɪn; ˌkælsɪˈneɪʃən; ˈkælsaɪn /
verb
- tr to heat (a substance) so that it is oxidized, reduced, or loses water
- intr to oxidize as a result of heating
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Derived Forms
- calcination, noun
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Other Words From
- cal·cin·a·ble [kal, -s, uh, -n, uh, -b, uh, l], adjective
- cal·ci·na·tion [kal-s, uh, -, ney, -sh, uh, n], noun
- cal·ci·na·tor [kal, -s, uh, -ney-ter], noun
- cal·cin·a·to·ry [kal-, sin, -, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, kal, -sin-, uh, -], adjective noun
- semi·calcined adjective
- un·calcined adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of calcine1
1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin calcināre to heat, originally used by alchemists
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Word History and Origins
Origin of calcine1
C14: from Medieval Latin calcināre to heat, from Latin calx lime
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Example Sentences
This metal readily parts with its phlogiston, so as to be very subject to calcine, or rust, by exposure to the air.
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Heat gently with a Bunsen burner until the sulphur burns, and then calcine until no more sulphurous oxide comes off.
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Calcine, with occasional stirring, until no odour of sulphurous oxide can be detected.
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Some vanners calcine their samples before commencing to van.
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Transfer the filter and its contents to an E Battersea crucible, and calcine it for a few minutes.
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