calcine
Syllables: calc·ine/ˈkælsaɪn/US/ˈkælˌsaɪn/
calcine verb: to heat (a substance) to remove its impurities and refine it.
Verb
calcine (third-person singular simple present calcines, present participle calcining, simple past and past participle calcined)
- To heat (a substance) to remove its impurities and refine it.
- To heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it; specifically, to decompose (carbonates) into oxides, and, especially, to heat (limestone) to form quicklime.
- Fire […] burneth and calcineth ſtone, vvhereof is made that morter vvhich bindeth all vvork in maſonry.1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XXXVI.] The Wonderfull Operations of Fire: The Medicinable Properties that It Hath: And the Prodigious Significations Observed...
- I ſent you of his fæces there, calcin'd. / Out of that calx, I'ha'vvonne the ſalt of Mercurie.1610 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Alchemist, London: […] Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, […], published 1612, →OCLC, Act II, scene iii
- To heat (something) to dry and sterilize it.
- To purify or refine (something).
- To burn up (something) completely; to incinerate; hence, to destroy (something).
- [A]s his death calcined thee to duſt, / His life may make thee gold, and much more juſt.[1633], George Herbert, “Easter”, in [Nicholas Ferrar], editor, The Temple. Sacred Poems, and Private Ejaculations, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel; and are to be sold by...
- I vvould gladly knovv hovv Moſes vvith an actuall fire calcin'd or burnt the Golden Calfe unto povvder, for that myſticall metall of Gold, vvhoſe ſolary and celeſtiall nature I admire, expoſed unto the violence of fire, grovveth onely hot and liquifies, but conſumeth not: […]1642, Tho[mas] Browne, “The First Part”, in Religio Medici. […], 4th edition, London: […] E. Cotes for Andrew Crook […], published 1656, →OCLC, section 50, page 108
- Synonyms:
- calcinize
- Of a substance: to undergo heating so as to oxidize it.
- This Cryſtal is a pellucid fiſſile Stone, clear as Water or Cryſtal of the Rock, and without Colour; enduring a red Heat without loſing its tranſparency, and in a very ſtrong Heat calcining without Fuſion.a. 1728 (date written), Isaac Newton, “[The Third Book of Opticks.] [Qu[estion] 25. Are there not other original Properties of the Rays of Light, besides those already described?]”, in Opticks: Or, A...
Noun
calcine (plural calcines)
calcine meaning in Tamil and Kannada
calcine in Tamil
- to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
- சுடு cuṭu
calcine in Kannada
- ಭಸ್ಮೀಕರಿಸು, ಸುಟ್ಟು ಬೂದಿಮಾಡು
Examples of calcine in a sentence
- It nothing skills: I cannot help my case: / The Judgment's fire alone can cure this place, / Calcine its clods and set my prisoners free.1855, Robert Browning, “‘Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came.’”, in Men and Women […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC...
- […] He fain had calcined all Northumbria / To one black ash, but that thy patriot passion / Siding with our great Council against Tostig, / Out-passion'd his!1877, Alfred Tennyson, Harold: A Drama, London: Henry S. King & Co., →OCLC, Act III, scene i, page 74:
Synonyms of calcine
Forms of calcine
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | calcines |
| present participle | calcining |
| past participle | calcined |
| past | calcined |
| second-person singular present (archaic) | calcinest |
| second-person singular past (archaic) | calcinedst |
| third-person singular present (archaic) | calcineth |
| Noun | |
| plural | calcines |
Origin of calcine
The verb is derived from Late Middle English calcinen (“(alchemy, medicine) to heat (something) until it turns to powder; to change the nature of (something) by heating”) [and other forms], from Old French calciner (modern French calciner (“to calcinate; to calcine”)) and from its etymon Medieval Latin calcināre (“(alchemy) to burn like lime; to reduce to calx”), from Late Latin calcīna (“inorganic material containing calcium, lime”) + -āre (suffix forming present active infinitive forms of verbs). Calcīna is derived from Latin calcis, the genitive singular of calx (“chalk; limestone”), possibly from Ancient Greek χᾰ́λῐξ (khắlĭx, “small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble”); further etymology unknown, possibly Pre-Greek. The noun is derived from the verb.
Words formed from calcine
- calcinable
- calcinate
- calcination
- calcinator
- calcinatory
- calcined
- calciner
- calcining
- calcinize
- precalcine
- recalcination
- recalcine
- uncalcined
Questions about calcine
- What does calcine mean?
- Calcine means to heat (a substance) to remove its impurities and refine it.
- What is calcine in Tamil?
- Calcine in Tamil is சுடு (cuṭu). See Calcine meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use calcine in a sentence?
- It nothing skills: I cannot help my case: / The Judgment's fire alone can cure this place, / Calcine its clods and set my prisoners free.
- What part of speech is calcine?
- Calcine can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce calcine?
- Calcine is pronounced /ˈkælsaɪn/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of calcine?
- The past tense of calcine is calcined.
Words near calcine in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: calcine (page history and authors); calcine (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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