Calcine definition
To heat (a substance) to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point, causing loss of moisture, reduction or oxidation, and the decomposition of carbonates and other compounds.
verb
To convert (liquid material, especially radioactive wastes) to granular solids by drying at very high temperatures.
verb
To be calcined.
verb
A substance produced by calcining.
noun
To change to calx or powder by heating to a high temperature, but below the melting point.
verb
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To burn to ashes or powder.
verb
To oxidize at high temperature.
verb
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.
verb
(intransitive) To undergo such heating.
verb
Origin of calcine
- Middle English calcinen from Old French calciner from Medieval Latin calcīnāre from Late Latin calcīna quicklime from Latin calx calc- lime calx
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition