"Calcine" is a word in ENGLISH
To oxidize, as a metal by the action of heat; to reduce
to a metallic calx.
To be converted into a powder or friable substance, or
into a calx, by the action of heat.
To reduce to a powder, or to a friable state, by the
action of heat; to expel volatile matter from by means of heat, as
carbonic acid from limestone, and thus (usually) to produce
disintegration; as to, calcine bones.
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Read the complete definitionAn imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.
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