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verb (used with object)
1.
to convert into calx by heating or burning.
2.
to frit.
verb (used without object)
3.
to be converted into calx by heating or burning.
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noun
4.
material resulting from calcination; calx.
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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.
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