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calcine
- /ˈkælsaɪn/ UK
- /-sɪn/ UK
- /kælˈsaɪn/ UK
- /ˈkælˌsaɪn/ US
Rhymes with (one pronunciation) -aɪn
Where it comes from
The verb is derived from Late Middle English calcinen (“(alchemy, medicine) to heat (something) until it turns to powder; to change the nature of (something) by heating”) [and other forms], from Old French calciner (modern French calciner (“to calcinate; to calcine”)) and from its etymon Medieval Latin calcināre (“(alchemy) to burn like lime; to reduce to calx”), from Late Latin calcīna (“inorganic material containing calcium, lime”) + -āre (suffix forming present active infinitive forms of verbs). Calcīna is derived from Latin calcis, the genitive singular of calx (“chalk; limestone”), possibly from Ancient Greek χᾰ́λῐξ (khắlĭx, “small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble”); further etymology unknown, possibly Pre-Greek.
The noun is derived from the verb.
verb calcines · calcining · calcined · calcine
- To heat (a substance) to remove its impurities and refine it.
- To heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it; specifically, to decompose (carbonates) into oxides, and, especially, to heat (limestone) to form quicklime. Fire […] burneth and calcineth ſtone, vvhereof is made that morter vvhich bindeth all vvork in maſonry.
- To heat (something) to dry and sterilize it.
- To purify or refine (something).
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To burn up (something) completely; to incinerate; hence, to destroy (something).
[A]s his death calcined thee to duſt, / His life may make thee gold, and much more juſt.
Similar: calcinize
- Of a substance: to undergo heating so as to oxidize it. This Cryſtal is a pellucid fiſſile Stone, clear as Water or Cryſtal of the Rock, and without Colour; enduring a red Heat without loſing its tranſparency, and in a very ſtrong Heat calcining without Fuſion.
noun calcines
- Something calcined; also, material left over after burning or roasting.
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verb to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
| Español | calcinar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 煅 duàn |
| Français | calciner |
| Deutsch | calcinieren, kalzinieren, ausglühen, brennen, glühen, Kalk brennen |
| Italiano | calcinare, calcinàre |
| Ελληνικά | απασβεστώνω apasvestóno |
| Română | a calcina |
| Русский | кальцини́ровать kalʹcinírovatʹ, обже́чь obžéčʹ, обжига́ть obžigátʹ, прока́ливать prokálivatʹ, выка́ливать vykálivatʹ, выкаля́ть vykaljátʹ |
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