The crumbly residue left after a mineral or metal has been calcined or roasted.
[Middle English, from Latin, lime, limestone, pebble, from Greek khalix, pebble.]
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n., pl., calx·es, or cal·ces (kăl'sēz').
The crumbly residue left after a mineral or metal has been calcined or roasted.
The crumbly residue left after a mineral or metal has been calcined or roasted.
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1. lime or chalk.
2. heel.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
Synonyms: calcium oxide, quicklime, lime, calcined lime, fluxing lime, unslaked lime, burnt lime
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Calx is a residual substance, sometimes in the form of a fine powder, that is left when a metal or mineral combusts or is calcinated due to heat.
Calx, especially of a metal, is now known as an oxide. According to the obsolete phlogiston theory, the calx was the true elemental substance, having lost its phlogiston in the process of combustion.
"Calx" is also sometimes used in older texts on artist's techniques to mean calcium oxide.
Etymology
Calx is the Latin for heel: the tarsus bone. Calx is also the Latin base for lime, calcium and to tread.
2008, Oxford Pocket Dictionary, Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK..
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