calx

Signification (Anglais)

1. (historical) The substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt, once seen as being the essential substance left after the expulsion of phlogiston, but now recognised as being the metallic oxide (or, in some cases, the metal in a state of sublimation).
2. In the Eton College wall game, an area at the end of the field where a shy can be scored by lifting the ball against the wall with one's foot.

Concepts

chaux vive

tilleul

chaux

chaux calcinée

chaux anhydre

Synonymes

unslaked lime

lime

burnt lime

quicklime

calcined lime

fluxing lime

calcium oxide

metal oxide

limestone

burned lime

ashes

Traductions

cal

calç

òxid de calci

calce

cal

óxido metálico

cal quemada

cal viva

cal calcinada

جير حي

calxes

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kælks/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Latin calx (“lime”). Doublet of cauk and chalk.