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Pronunciation : Cal*cine"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [F. calciner, fr. L. calx, calcis, lime. See Calx.]
Definition : 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.

i. [imp. & p. p. Calciden; p. pr. & vb. n. Calcining.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Cal*cine"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To be convereted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat. "Calcining without fusion" Newton.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913