'Calcine' definitions:
Definition of 'calcine'
(from WordNet)
verb
Heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces
Definition of 'Calcine'
From: GCIDE
- Calcine \Cal*cine"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Calciden; p. pr. & vb. n. Calcining.] [F. calciner, fr. L. calx, calcis, lime. See Calx.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To oxidize, as a metal by the action of heat; to reduce to a metallic calx. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Calcine'
From: GCIDE
- Calcine \Cal*cine"\, v. i. To be converted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat. "Calcining without fusion" --Newton. [1913 Webster]