calx

[ kalks ]

noun

, plural calx·es, cal·ces [kal, -seez].

1. the oxide or ashy substance that remains after metals, minerals, etc., have been thoroughly roasted or burned.
2. lime ²( def 1 ).

calx

/ kælks /

noun

1. the powdery metallic oxide formed when an ore or mineral is roasted
2. another name for calcium oxide
3. anatomy the heel

Word History and Origins

Origin of calx¹

1350–1400; late Middle English < Latin: lime; replacing Middle English cals < Old French < Latin

Word History and Origins

Origin of calx¹

C15: from Latin: lime, from Greek khalix pebble

Example Sentences

And Blue Calx is one of the dreamiest tracks on the double album – an airy melody underpinned by a gentle rhythm that could lull even the most defiant insomniac to sleep.

From The Guardian

The publishing of of court filings this week revealed that the FBI had asked Mr. Merrill to supply investigators with more than just a little metadata: Specifically, Calx had been compelled to provide authorities with addresses, phone numbers, purchase orders and screen names pertaining to a person of interest, as well as any other electronic information that may have been incidentally collected.

From Washington Times

But just in case that might seem too “establishment,” Joffe has installed an “experimental” sound system from the Brooklyn-based musical artist Calx Vive, which will play from various sculptures throughout the building.

From New York Times

And they answered as triumphantly, Because these metals lose phlogiston by this process, and we know that a calx is a metal deprived of its phlogiston.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1774 he published a volume entitled "Essays Physical and Chemical," wherein he gave an historical account of all that had been done on the subject of airs from the time of Paracelsus to the year 1774, and added an account of his own experiments, in which he had established the facts that a metal in burning absorbs air, and that when the metallic calx is reduced to metal by heating with charcoal, an air is produced of the same nature as the fixed air of Dr. Black.

From Project Gutenberg