calcine Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces

WordNet


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.

Webster 1913