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calcinate

calcinate verb: to calcine.

Verb

calcinate (third-person singular simple present calcinates, present participle calcinating, simple past and past participle calcinated)

  1. To calcine.
  2. To react with lime.

Noun

calcinate (plural calcinates)

  1. The product of calcination.

Forms of calcinate

Verb
third-person singular presentcalcinates
present participlecalcinating
past participlecalcinated
pastcalcinated
Noun
pluralcalcinates

Origin of calcinate

Back-formation from calcination.

Words formed from calcinate

Questions about calcinate

What does calcinate mean?
Calcinate means to calcine.
What part of speech is calcinate?
Calcinate can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of calcinate?
The past tense of calcinate is calcinated.

Words near calcinate in the dictionary

  1. calcimines
  2. calcimining
  3. calcimycin
  4. calcin
  5. calcinable
  6. calcinate
  7. calcinated
  8. calcinates
  9. calcinating
  10. calcination
  11. calcinations

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