calcine

1. v. i. 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. Source: opted

2. v. i. To oxidize, as a metal by the action of heat; to reduce to a metallic calx. Source: opted

3. v. i. To be converted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat. Source: opted

4. v. heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces Source: wordnet

5. 1. 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. 2. To oxidize, as a metal by the action of heat; to reduce to a metallic calx. To be convereted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat. "Calcining without fusion" Newton. Source: webster

6. To be convereted into a powder or friable substance, or into acalx, by the action of heat. "Calcining without fusion" Newton. Source: adambom

7. v. heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces Source: ecdict

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