calcine

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See also: calciné

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin calcināre, an alchemical term meaning "to burn like lime", "to reduce to calx".[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkælsɪn/, /ˈkælsaɪn/

Verb

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  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, i.e. to calcinate.
  2. (intransitive) to undergo such heating

Translations

Noun

calcine (plural calcines)

  1. something calcined; material left over after roasting or burning

Anagrams


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. third-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.