Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of calcine
adjectivecalcined (comparative more calcined, superlative most calcined)
comparative more calcined · superlative most calcined
- Converted by calcination.
- figurativelyPurified, refined.
[A]n ingenious man, who is ever on the watch for conquest, will, in his eagerness to exhibit his whole store of knowledge, furnish an attentive observer with some useful information, calcined by fancy and formed by taste.
1790, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Men
Translations
French calciné
- calcinéconverted by calcination
Italian calcinato
- calcinatoconverted by calcination
Russian кальцинированный
- кальцинированный (kalʹcinirovannyj)converted by calcination
Ukrainian кальцинований
- кальцинований (kalʹcynovanyj)converted by calcination
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APA
calcined. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calcined
MLA
“calcined.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calcined. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “calcined,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calcined.
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