calcine

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈkælˌsaɪn/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈkælsaɪn/ or /-sɪn/ or /kælˈsaɪn/

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• Hyphenation: calc‧ine

Verb

Plain form calcine

Third-person singular calcines

Past tense calcined

Past participle calcined

Present participle calcining

1. (transitive) If you calcine something, you heat it without melting in order to drive off water etc., and to oxidize.