What is the meaning of Calcine?

  1. To heat (a substance) to remove its impurities and refine it.
  2. 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.

    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.

    To heat (something) to dry and sterilize it.

    1. To purify or refine (something).
    2. To burn up (something) completely; to incinerate; hence, to destroy (something).

      To purify or refine (something).

      To burn up (something) completely; to incinerate; hence, to destroy (something).

      Of a substance: to undergo heating so as to oxidize it.

      Something calcined; also, material left over after burning or roasting.

      inflection of calciner:

      1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
      2. second-person singular imperative

      first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

      second-person singular imperative

      plural of calcina

      inflection of calcinar:

      1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative

      first/third-person singular present subjunctive

      third-person singular imperative

      inflection of calcinar:

      1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative

      first/third-person singular present subjunctive

      third-person singular imperative

      Source: wiktionary.org