calcic

[ kal-sik ]

adjective

1. pertaining to or containing lime or calcium.

calcic

/ ˈkælsɪk /

adjective

1. of, containing, or concerned with lime or calcium

Word History and Origins

Origin of calcic¹

First recorded in 1870–75; calc- + -ic

Word History and Origins

Origin of calcic¹

C19: from Latin calx lime

Example Sentences

Other alkalies are calcic hydroxide or slaked lime, a solution of which in water is known as lime-water; baric hydroxide and strontic hydroxide, derived from the metals barium and strontium.

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By precipitating chloride of calcium with the carbonates of ammonium and other alkaline carbonates, he obtained small spheres which grew and were transformed into calcic rhombohedra.

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In the former the calcic scales and crystals are distinct and quite as in L. tigrinum; in the latter they are cuboid, irregular.

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Certain citrates have a retarding influence upon calcic sulphates.

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In 1839, Link obtained spherical granulations by the precipitation of calcic or plumbic solutions by potash, soda, or carbonic acid.

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