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.
Origin of calcine
1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin calcināre to heat, orig. used by alchemists
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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, singeExamples from the Web for calcine
Historical Examples of calcine
Still, just to clinch the thing, we'll calcine him, gin-house and all.
The CavalierGeorge 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.
Mix white iron ore (manganese iron ore), 15 parts, with lime, 85 parts; calcine and powder as above.
This metal readily parts with its phlogiston, so as to be very subject to calcine, or rust, by exposure to the air.
calcine
verb
Word Origin for calcine
C14: from Medieval Latin calcināre to heat, from Latin calx lime
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calcine
[kăl-sīn, kăl′sīn]
v.
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