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Meanings of Calcine:

verb

Reduce, oxidize, or desiccate by roasting or exposing to strong heat.

Usage examples:

We calcine the medicine so that we may better dissolve it

Meanings of Calcined:

adjective

Reduced, oxidized, or desiccated by roasting or exposing to strong heat.

Usage examples:

In some cases only calcined bones were left to tell that human beings had ever been there

verb

Reduce, oxidize, or desiccate by roasting or exposing to strong heat.

Usage examples:

We calcine the medicine so that we may better dissolve it

Meanings of Calcining:

verb

Reduce, oxidize, or desiccate by roasting or exposing to strong heat.

Usage examples:

We calcine the medicine so that we may better dissolve it

Meanings of Calciphylaxis:

noun

A rare but serious disease in which there is an increase in the amount of calcium in the arteries and small blood vessels, preventing blood from reaching body tissues

Meanings of Calcite:

noun

A white or colourless mineral consisting of calcium carbonate. it is a major constituent of sedimentary rocks such as limestone and is deposited in caves to form stalactites and stalagmites.

Usage examples:

Quartz is the dominant mineral in veins in siliceous rocks, calcite in limestones, and gypsum in gy…

Meanings of Calcitonin:

noun

A hormone secreted by the thyroid that has the effect of lowering blood calcium.

Usage examples:

When parathyroid hormone and calcitonin had both been purified, it was possible to determine that i…

Meanings of Calcium:

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 20, a soft grey metal.

Usage examples:

These active regions often require the presence of a metal ion such as calcium, zinc or iron.

Meanings of Calculable:

adjective

Able to be measured or assessed.

Usage examples:

The conversion of mass into energy affects stars in a calculable fashion

Meanings of Calculates:

verb

Determine (the amount or number of something) mathematically.

Usage examples:

The program can calculate the number of words that will fit in the space available

Meanings of Calculation:

noun

A mathematical determination of the amount or number of something.

Usage examples:

Finding ways of saving money involves complicated calculations

Meanings of Calculators:

noun

Something used for making mathematical calculations, in particular a small electronic device with a keyboard and a visual display.

Usage examples:

A pocket calculator

Meanings of Calculus:

noun

The branch of mathematics that deals with the finding and properties of derivatives and integrals of functions, by methods originally based on the summation of infinitesimal differences. the two main types are differential calculus and integral calculus.

Usage examples:

By integrating the function using calculus we can compare the sum of the series with the integral o…

Meanings of Calculuses:

noun

The branch of mathematics that deals with the finding and properties of derivatives and integrals of functions, by methods originally based on the summation of infinitesimal differences. the two main types are differential calculus and integral calculus.

Usage examples:

By integrating the function using calculus we can compare the sum of the series with the integral o…

Meanings of Calcutta:

noun

An unpleasantly full and hot room

Usage examples:

One guest at the crowded reception was heard to mutter "it's like the black hole of calcutta in her…

Meanings of Caldarium:

noun

A hot room in an ancient roman bath.

Usage examples:

In the following year a much larger area was opened and the hypocaust proved to belong to the calda…

Meanings of Calderas:

noun

A large volcanic crater, especially one formed by a major eruption leading to the collapse of the mouth of the volcano.

Usage examples:

Instead, io's surface is dominated by volcanic features, notably gentle shield volcanoes with summi…

Meanings of Caldron:

noun

A large metal pot with a lid and handle, used for cooking over an open fire.

Usage examples:

A large cauldron or cooking pot set or suspended above an open fire was in general use.

Meanings of Calean:

noun

Another term for kalian.

Meanings of Caledonian:

adjective

(chiefly in names or geographical terms) relating to scotland or the scottish highlands.

Usage examples:

The caledonian railway

noun

A person from scotland.

Usage examples:

But the romans never subdued the northern tribes - variously referred to as brigantes, caledonians …

Meanings of Calefacient:

noun

A drug or other substance that gives a sensation of warmth.

Usage examples:

If taken with wax from cyprus, with fresh olive oil, or with any other calefacient, this stone grea…

Meanings of Calendars:

noun

A chart or series of pages showing the days, weeks, and months of a particular year, or giving particular seasonal information.

Usage examples:

For the weather obsessed, the calendar features information on the average temperatures each month,…

verb

Enter (something) in a calendar or timetable.

Usage examples:

It was at their discretion whether to index or calendar the records

Meanings of Calender:

noun

A machine in which cloth or paper is pressed by rollers to glaze or smooth it.

verb

Press in a calender.

Usage examples:

The facing webs, with the elastomeric fibers between them, are calendered together thus adhering th…

Meanings of Calendered:

verb

Press in a calender.

Usage examples:

The facing webs, with the elastomeric fibers between them, are calendered together thus adhering th…

noun

A machine in which cloth or paper is pressed by rollers to glaze or smooth it.

Meanings of Calenders:

noun

A machine in which cloth or paper is pressed by rollers to glaze or smooth it.

verb

Press in a calender.

Usage examples:

The facing webs, with the elastomeric fibers between them, are calendered together thus adhering th…

Meanings of Calf:

noun

A young bovine animal, especially a domestic cow or bull in its first year.

Usage examples:

A heifer calf