calcine Meaning, Definition & Usage

Cal*cine" intransitive verb

Etymology

F. calciner, fr. L. calx, calcis, lime. See Calx.

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Calciden ; present participle & verbal noun Calcining

Definitions

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.

Cal*cine" intransitive verb

Definitions

1. To be convereted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat. "Calcining without fusion" Newton.