What does CALX mean?

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kælks; ˈkæl sizcalx

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. calcium oxide, quicklime, lime, calx, calcined lime, fluxing lime, unslaked lime, burnt limenoun

    a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide

Wiktionary

  1. calxnoun

    The substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt, seen as being the essential substance left after the expulsion of phlogiston.

  2. calxnoun

    (Now recognised as being) the oxide left after calcination of a metal.

  3. calxnoun

    calcium oxide

  4. Etymology: From calx.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. CALXnoun

    Any thing that is rendered reducible to powder by burning.

    Etymology: Latin.

    Gold, that is more dense than lead, resists peremptorily all the dividing power of fire; and will not at all be reduced into a calx, or lime, by such operation as reduces lead into it. Kenelm Digby, on Bodies.

Wikipedia

  1. Calx

    Calx is a substance formed from an ore or mineral that has been heated.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.

ChatGPT

  1. calx

    Calx is a historical term used in chemistry and alchemy, referring to the residual substance left after a metal or mineral has been heated or burned, frequently resulting in an oxidized form. Originally, it was used to describe the powdery residue left when a metal was heated, but later applied to situations when any substance was burnt and left debris.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Calxnoun

    quicklime

  2. Calxnoun

    the substance which remains when a metal or mineral has been subjected to calcination or combustion by heat, and which is, or may be, reduced to a fine powder

  3. Calxnoun

    broken and refuse glass, returned to the post

  4. Etymology: [L. Calx, calcis. limestone; cf. Gr. gravel. , , pebble, Skr. gravel, Ir. carraic rock Gael. carraig, W. careg, stone. Cf. Chalk.]

Wikidata

  1. Calx

    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.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Calx

    kalks, n. chalk or lime: the substance of a metal or mineral which remains after being subjected to violent heat:—pl. Calxes (kalk′sēz), or Calces (kal′sēz). [L. calx, lime.]

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Entomology

  1. Calx

    the distal end of the tibia; the curving basal portion of the first tarsal joint.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of CALX in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of CALX in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4


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