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 cal·cine /kælˈsaɪn, ˈkælˌ/
 (vt.)(vi.)燒成石灰,鍛燒

 cal·cine /kælˈsaɪn/ 動詞
 煆燒,焙燒,煆

 Cal·cine v. i. [imp. & p. p. Calciden p. pr. & vb. n. Calcining.]
 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.

 Cal·cine, v. i. To be converted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat. “Calcining without fusion”
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 calcine
      v : heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces