calcine

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  1. transitive verb 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.
  2. intransitive verb To undergo calcination.

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  1. Middle English calcinen, from Old French calciner, from Medieval Latin calcīnāre, from Late Latin calcīna, quicklime, from Latin calx, calc-, lime; see calx.

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  1. from French calciner = Provencal Spanish Portuguese calcinar = Italian calcinare, from Middle Latin calcinare, reduce to a calx, from Latin calx (calc-), lime, calx: see calx.
  2. calcine, v.
 

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/ˈkælsɪn/
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