CALCINE

calcine

(verb) heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

From Medieval Latin calcināre, an alchemical term meaning "to burn like lime", "to reduce to calx".

Verb

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

(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, i.e. to calcinate.

(intransitive) to undergo such heating

Noun

calcine (plural calcines)

something calcined; material left over after roasting or burning

Anagrams

• calcein, laccine

Source: Wiktionary

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Cal*cine", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Calciden; p. pr. & vb. n. Calcining.] Etym: [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", v. i.

Definition: To be convereted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat. "Calcining without fusion" Newton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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