CALCINED

Verb

calcined

simple past tense and past participle of calcine

Adjective

calcined (comparative more calcined, superlative most calcined)

Converted by calcination.

(figurative) Purified, refined.

Anagrams

• calendic

Source: Wiktionary


CALCINE

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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