| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Present participle | 1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb calcine.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (calcine) | 1. Heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces.[Wordnet]. 2. 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.[Websters]. 3. To oxidize, as a metal by the action of heat; to reduce to a metallic calx.[Websters]. 4. To be converted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat.[Websters]. 5. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: calcining, calcined, calcines, calciner, calciners, calciningly and calcinedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "CALCINING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Specialty Definition: CALCINING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Mining | A. Roasting of ore in oxidizing atmosphere, usually to expel sulfur or carbon dioxide. If sulfur removal is carried to practical completion, the operation is termed sweet roasting; if CO2 is virtually removed, dead roasting. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: CALCINING
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Calcining furnace | Mining | A furnace or kiln in which ores or metallurgical products are calcined. Syn: calciner. (references) | |
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