Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being calcined or reduced to a friable state by the action of fire.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective That may be calcined.
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- adjective That may be
calcined .
Etymologies
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calcine + -able
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Examples
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a chesnut colour, which is spongy, pretty light, and easily calcinable: however, it yields a great deal more than it promises to the eye.
History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing -1775 Le Page du Pratz
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&c. Here the air contributes to the animal and vital heat, as we have seen that it does to the action of fire in combustible and calcinable matters.
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