Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To calcine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb rare To calcine.
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- verb to
calcine .
Etymologies
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Back-formation from calcination.
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Examples
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Similarly, a large stone, as compared to a small one of the same material, will require a higher CO2 pressure, i.e. a higher temperature, to calcinate.
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The fuel is burnt in the middle third of the kiln shaft to calcinate the limestone.
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I then, by means of strong distillations, tried to calcinate gold and silver; but all my labour was in vain.
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds Charles Mackay 1851
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