Calcined

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Reduced by fire to powder or ashes.
  • Prepared by calcination: as, calcined magnesia; calcined ore.
  • Refined or purified by subjection to heat or the action of fire: as, calcined air.
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  • verb. Simple past tense and past participle of calcine.
  • adjective. converted by calcination
  • Word Usage
    "Originally it referred to the form of gypsum which has been heated to a high temperature to drive off the water in its crystal structure; this is called calcined gypsum."
    verb-stem
    calcine