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Webster 1913 Edition


Calcine

Cal-cine′

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Calciden
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Calcining
.]
[F.
calciner
, fr. L.
calx
,
calcis
, lime. See
Calx
.]
1.
To reduce to a powder, or to a friable state, by the action of heat; to expel volatile matter from by means of heat, as carbonic acid from limestone, and thus (usually) to produce disintegration; as to, calcine bones.
2.
To oxidize, as a metal by the action of heat; to reduce to a metallic calx.

Cal-cine′

,
Verb.
I.
To be converted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat.
Calcining without fusion”
Newton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Calcine

CALCINE

, v.t.
1.
To reduce a substance to a powder or to a friable state, by the action of heat; or to expel from a substance some volatile matter, combined with it, or forming its cementing principle, as the carbonic acid from limestone, or the water of crystalization from salts.
2.
To oxydize, as a metal; to reduce to a metallic calx.
3.
To dissolve; to destroy the principles which unite.

CALCINE

,
Verb.
I.
To be converted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat.

Definition 2024


calcine

calcine

See also: calciné

English

Verb

calcine (third-person singular simple present calcines, present participle calcining, simple past and past participle calcined)

  1. (transitive) to heat something without melting in order to drive off water etc., and to decompose carbonates into oxides or to oxidize or reduce it; especially to heat limestone to form quicklime
  2. (intransitive) to undergo such heating

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French

Pronunciation

Verb

calcine

  1. first-person singular present indicative of calciner
  2. third-person singular present indicative of calciner
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of calciner
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of calciner
  5. second-person singular imperative of calciner

Italian

Noun

calcine f

  1. plural of calcina

Portuguese

Verb

calcine

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of calcinar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of calcinar
  3. first-person singular imperative of calcinar
  4. third-person singular imperative of calcinar

Spanish

Verb

calcine

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of calcinar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of calcinar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of calcinar.
  4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of calcinar.
  1. Oxford English Dictionary, C-26.