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Definition of Calcine
1. Verb. Heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces.
Generic synonyms: Heat, Heat Up
Derivative terms: Calcination
Definition of Calcine
1. v. i. 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. v. i. To be converted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat.
Definition of Calcine
1. Verb. (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 ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) to undergo such heating ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Calcine
1. to reduce to a calx by heat [v -CINED, -CINING, -CINES]
Medical Definition of Calcine
1. To expel water and volatile matter by heat. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calcine
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