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calcine |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Calcine \Cal*cine"\, v. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Calcine \Cal*cine"\, v. i. To be converted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat. ``Calcining without fusion'' --Newton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: calcine v : in chemistry; heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces
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