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

Translations

transitive

Bulgarian: калцинирам (bg) Catalan: calcinar (ca) m. Finnish: pasuttaa (fi), kalsinoida (fi)

French: calciner (fr) Italian: calcinare (it)

intransitive

Bulgarian: калцинирам се (bg)

Finnish: pasuttua (fi)

Anagrams

• calcein

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: calcinent, calcines

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

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Italian

Noun

calcine f.

1. Plural form of calcina.