English dictionary
calcine
/'k/&/ls/aI/n/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
verb
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heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces
Source: WordNet 3.0
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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, <i>calcine</i> bones.
Source: webster1913
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To be converted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat.
Source: webster1913