CALCINE

cal·cine   (kāl-sīn', kāl'sīn')    v.   cal·cined, cal·cin·ing, cal·cines v.   tr. To heat (a substance) to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point, causing loss of moisture, reduction or oxidation, and the decomposition of carbonates and other compounds. v.   intr. To undergo calcination. [Middle English calcinen, from Old French calciner, from Medieval Latin calcīnāre, from Late Latin calcīna, quicklime, from Latin calx, calc-, lime; see calx.] cal'ci·na'tion (-sə-nā'shən) n.

Main Entry: ¹cal·cine
Pronunciation: kal-'sIn
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: cal·cined; cal·cin·ing
transitive senses
: to heat (as inorganic materials) to a high temperature but without fusing in order to drive off volatile matter or to effect changes (as oxidation orpulverization) calcine intransitive senses
: to undergo calcination

calcine cal·cine (kāl-sīn, kāl'sīn)
v. cal·cined, cal·cining, cal·cines
To heat a substance to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point, causing loss of moisture, reduction, or oxidation and the decomposition of carbonates and other compounds.