Calcic Cal"cic adjective [ Latin calx , calcis , lime: confer French calcique .] (Chemistry) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, calcium or lime.

Calciferous Cal·cif"er·ous adjective [ Latin calx , calcis , lime + -ferous .] Bearing, producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of lime.

Calciferous epoch (Geol.) , an epoch in the American lower Silurian system, immediately succeeding the Cambrian period. The name alludes to the peculiar mixture of calcareous and siliceous characteristics in many of the beds. See the Diagram under Geology .

Calcific Cal·cif"ic adjective Calciferous. Specifically: (Zoology) of or pertaining to the portion of the oviduct which forms the eggshell in birds and reptiles. Huxley.

Calcification Cal`ci·fi·ca"tion (kăl`sĭ*fĭ*kā"shŭn) noun (Physiol.) The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous degeneration of tissue.

Calcified Cal"ci·fied (kăl"sĭ*fīd) adjective Consisting of, or containing, calcareous matter or lime salts; calcareous.

Calciform Cal"ci·form (kăl"sĭ*fôrm) adjective [ Latin calx , calcis , lime + - form .] In the form of chalk or lime.

Calcify Cal"ci·fy (kăl"sĭ*fī) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Calcified (- fīd); present participle & verbal noun Calcifying .] [ Latin calx , calcis , lime + -fy .] To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.

Calcify Cal"ci·fy intransitive verb To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in which lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth.

Calcigenous Cal·cig"e·nous adjective [ Latin calx , calcis , lime + -genouse .] (Chemistry) Tending to form, or to become, a calx or earthlike substance on being oxidized or burnt; as magnesium, calcium. etc.

Calcigerous Cal·cig"er·ous adjective [ Latin calx , calcis , lime + -gerouse .] Holding lime or other earthy salts; as, the calcigerous cells of the teeth.

Calcimine Cal"ci·mine noun [ Latin calx , calcis , lime.] A white or colored wash for the ceiling or other plastering of a room, consisting of a mixture of clear glue, Paris white or zinc white, and water. [ Also spelt kalsomine .]

Calcimine Cal"ci·mine transitive verb [ imperfect &past participle Calcimined ; present participle & verbal noun Calcimining .] To wash or cover with calcimine; as, to calcimine walls.

Calciminer Cal"ci·mi`ner noun One who calcimines.

Calcinable Cal·cin"a·ble adjective That may be calcined; as, a calcinable fossil.

Calcinate Cal"ci·nate intransitive verb To calcine. [ R.]

Calcination Cal`ci·na"tion (kăl`sĭ*nā"shŭn) noun [ French calcination .]

1. (Chemistry) The act or process of disintegrating a substance, or rendering it friable by the action of heat, esp. by the expulsion of some volatile matter, as when carbonic and acid is expelled from carbonate of calcium in the burning of limestone in order to make lime.

2. The act or process of reducing a metal to an oxide or metallic calx; oxidation.

Calcinatory Cal·cin"a·to·ry noun A vessel used in calcination.

Calcine Cal·cine" intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Calciden ; present participle & verbal noun Calcining .] [ French calciner , from Latin calx , calcis , lime. See Calx .]

1. To reduce to a powder, or to a friable state, by the action of heat; to expel volatile matter from by means of heat, as carbonic acid from limestone, and thus (usually) to produce disintegration; as to, calcine bones.

2. To oxidize, as a metal by the action of heat; to reduce to a metallic calx.

Calcine Cal·cine" intransitive verb To be converted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat. " Calcining without fusion" Newton.

Calciner Cal·cin"er noun One who, or that which, calcines.

Calcispongiæ Cal`ci·spon"gi·æ noun plural [ New Latin , from Latin calx , calcis , lime + spongia a sponge.] (Zoology) An order of marine sponges, containing calcareous spicules. See Porifera .

Calcite Cal"cite (kăl"sīt) noun [ Latin calx , calcis , lime.] (Min.) Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble. Called also calc-spar and calcareous spar .

» Argentine is a pearly lamellar variety; aphrite is foliated or chalklike; dogtooth spar , a form in acute rhombohedral or scalenohedral crystals; calc- sinter and calc-tufa are lose or porous varieties formed in caverns or wet grounds from calcareous deposits; agaric mineral is a soft, white friable variety of similar origin; stalaclite and stalagmite are varieties formed from the drillings in caverns. Iceland spar is a transparent variety, exhibiting the strong double refraction of the species, and hence is called doubly refracting spar .

Calcitrant Cal"ci·trant adjective [ Latin calcitrans , present participle of calcitrare to kick, from calx , calcis , heel.] Kicking. Hence: Stubborn; refractory.

Calcitrate Cal"ci·trate intransitive verb & i. [ Latin calcitratus , past participle of calcitrare . See Calcitrant .] To kick.

Calcitration Cal`ci·tra"tion (-trā"shŭn) noun Act of kicking.

Calcium Cal"ci·um (kăl"sĭ*ŭm) noun [ New Latin , from Latin calx , calcis , lime; cf French calcium . See Calx .] (Chemistry) An elementary substance; a metal which combined with oxygen forms lime. It is of a pale yellow color, tenacious, and malleable. It is a member of the alkaline earth group of elements. Atomic weight 40. Symbol Ca.

» Calcium is widely and abundantly disseminated, as in its compounds calcium carbonate or limestone, calcium sulphate or gypsum, calcium fluoride or fluor spar, calcium phosphate or apatite.

Calcium light , an intense light produced by the incandescence of a stick or ball of lime in the flame of a combination of oxygen and hydrogen gases, or of oxygen and coal gas; -- called also Drummond light .

Calcivorous Cal·civ"o·rous adjective [ Latin calx lime + vorare to devour.] Eroding, or eating into, limestone.

Calcographer Cal·cog"ra·pher noun One who practices calcography.

Calcographic, Calcographical Cal`co·graph"ic, Cal`co·graph"ic·al adjective Relating to, or in the style of, calcography.

Calcography Cal·cog"ra·phy noun [ Latin calx , calcis , lime, chalk + -graphy .] The art of drawing with chalk.

Calculable Cal"cu·la·ble adjective [ Confer French calculable .] That may be calculated or ascertained by calculation.

Calculary Cal"cu·la·ry adjective [ Latin calculus a pebble, a calculus; cf calcularius pertaining to calculation.] (Medicine) Of or pertaining to calculi.

Calculary Cal"cu·la·ry noun A congeries of little stony knots found in the pulp of the pear and other fruits.

Calculate Cal"cu·late intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Calculater ; present participle & verbal noun Calculating .] [ L, calculatus , past participle of calculate , from calculus a pebble, a stone used in reckoning; hence, a reckoning, from calx , calcis , a stone used in gaming, limestone. See Calx .] 1. To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute.

A calencar exacity calculated than any othe.
North.

2. To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of; as, to calculate or cast one's nativity.

A cunning man did calculate my birth.
Shak.

3. To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end; as, to calculate a system of laws for the government and protection of a free people.

[ Religion] is . . . calculated for our benefit.
Abp. Tillotson.

4. To plan; to expect; to think. [ Local, U. S.]

Syn. -- To compute; reckon; count; estimate; rate. -- To Calculate , Compute . Reckon , Count . These words indicate the means by which we arrive at a given result in regard to quantity. We calculate with a view to obtain a certain point of knowledge; as, to calculate an eclipse. We compute by combining given numbers, in order to learn the grand result. We reckon and count in carrying out the details of a computation. These words are also used in a secondary and figurative sense. " Calculate is rather a conjection from what is, as to what may be; computation is a rational estimate of what has been, from what is; reckoning is a conclusive conviction, a pleasing assurance that a thing will happen; counting indicates an expectation. We calculate on a gain; we compute any loss sustained, or the amount of any mischief done; we reckon on a promised pleasure; we count the hours and minutes until the time of enjoyment arrives" Crabb.

Calculate Cal"cu·late intransitive verb To make a calculation; to forecast consequences; to estimate; to compute.

The strong passions, whether good or bad, never calculate .
F. W. Robertson.

Calculated Cal"cu·la`ted past participle & adjective 1. Worked out by calculation; as calculated tables for computing interest; ascertained or conjectured as a result of calculation; as, the calculated place of a planet; the calculated velocity of a cannon ball.

2. Adapted by calculation, contrivance. or forethought to accomplish a purpose; as, to use arts calculated to deceive the people.

3. Likely to produce a certain effect, whether intended or not; fitted; adapted; suited.

The only danger that attends multiplicity of publication is, that some of them may be calculated to injure rather than benefit society.
Goldsmith.

The minister, on the other hand, had never gone through an experience calculated to lead him beyond the scope of generally received laws

. Hawthorne.

Calculating Cal"cu·la`ting adjective 1. Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations.

2. Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition.

Calculating machine , a machine for the mechanical performance of mathematical operations, for the most part invented by Charles Babbage and G. and E. Scheutz. It computes logarithmic and other mathematical tables of a high degree of intricacy, imprinting the results on a leaden plate, from which a stereotype plate is then directly made.

Calculating Cal"cu·la`ting noun The act or process of making mathematical computations or of estimating results.

Calculation Cal`cu·la"tion (-lā"shŭn) noun [ Middle English calculation , from Latin calculatio ; confer Old French calcucation .] 1. The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate. "The calculation of eclipses." Nichol.

The mountain is not so his calculation makes it.
Boyle.

2. An expectation based on circumstances.

The lazy gossips of the port,
Abhorrent of a calculation crost,
Began to chafe as at a personal wrong.
Tennyson.

Calculative Cal"cu·la·tive adjective Of or pertaining to calculation; involving calculation.

Long habits of calculative dealings.
Burke.

Calculator Cal"cu·la·tor noun [ Latin : confer French calculateur .] One who computes or reckons: one who estimates or considers the force and effect of causes, with a view to form a correct estimate of the effects.

Ambition is no exact calculator .
Burke.

Calculatory Cal"cu·la·to·ry adjective [ Latin calculatorius .] Belonging to calculation. Sherwood.

Calcule Cal"cule noun [ French calcul , from Latin calculus . See Calculus .] Reckoning; computation. [ Obsolete] Howell.

Calcule Cal"cule intransitive verb To calculate [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Calculi Cal"cu·li noun plural See Calculus .

Calculous Cal"cu·lous adjective [ Latin calculosus .] 1. Of the nature of a calculus; like stone; gritty; as, a calculous concretion. Sir T. Browne.

2. Caused, or characterized, by the presence of a calculus or calculi; a, a calculous disorder; affected with gravel or stone; as, a calculous person.

Calculus Cal"cu·lus noun ; plural Calculi . [ L, calculus . See Calculate , and Calcule .] 1. (Medicine) Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them; as, biliary calculi ; urinary calculi , etc.

2. (Math.) A method of computation; any process of reasoning by the use of symbols; any branch of mathematics that may involve calculation.

Barycentric calculus , a method of treating geometry by defining a point as the center of gravity of certain other points to which coëfficients or weights are ascribed. -- Calculus of functions , that branch of mathematics which treats of the forms of functions that shall satisfy given conditions. -- Calculus of operations , that branch of mathematical logic that treats of all operations that satisfy given conditions. -- Calculus of probabilities , the science that treats of the computation of the probabilities of events, or the application of numbers to chance. -- Calculus of variations , a branch of mathematics in which the laws of dependence which bind the variable quantities together are themselves subject to change. -- Differential calculus , a method of investigating mathematical questions by using the ratio of certain indefinitely small quantities called differentials . The problems are primarily of this form: to find how the change in some variable quantity alters at each instant the value of a quantity dependent upon it. -- Exponential calculus , that part of algebra which treats of exponents. -- Imaginary calculus , a method of investigating the relations of real or imaginary quantities by the use of the imaginary symbols and quantities of algebra. -- Integral calculus , a method which in the reverse of the differential, the primary object of which is to learn from the known ratio of the indefinitely small changes of two or more magnitudes, the relation of the magnitudes themselves, or, in other words, from having the differential of an algebraic expression to find the expression itself.

Caldron Cal"dron (kal"drŭn) noun [ Middle English caldron , caudron , caudroun , Old French caudron , chauderon , French chaudron , an aug. of French chaudière , Late Latin caldaria , from Latin caldarius suitable for warming, from caldus , calidus , warm, from calere to be warm; confer Sanskrit çrā to boil. Confer Chaldron , Calaric , Caudle .] A large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron. [ Written also cauldron .] " Caldrons of boiling oil." Prescott.

Calèche Ca·lèche" (kȧ*lāsh") noun [ French calèche .] See Calash .

Caledonia Cal`e·do"ni·a noun The ancient Latin name of Scotland; -- still used in poetry.

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