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De - Pt| English Dictionary: calcine | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for calcine | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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]: | |
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Calcine \Cal*cine"\, v. i. To be converted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat. [bd]Calcining without fusion[b8] --Newton. | |
