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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS

Calx

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Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Calx has 1 sense

calx(n = noun.substance) burnt lime, calcined lime, calcium oxide, fluxing lime, lime, quicklime, unslaked lime - a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide; Array

is a kind of oxide

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CIDE DICTIONARY

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

Quicklime. [1913 Webster]
" Metallic calxes are now called oxides." [1913 Webster]
Broken and refuse glass, returned to the post.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Calx, n. (pl. calces)
1 a powdery metallic oxide formed when an ore or mineral has been heated.
2 calcium oxide.

Etymology

L calx calcis lime prob. f. Gk khalix pebble, limestone

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THESAURUS

Calx

ash, ashes, brand, carbon, charcoal, cinder, clinker, coal, coke, coom, dross, fume, lava, reek, scoria, slag, smoke, smudge, smut, soot, sullage

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