Definitions for calx

calx calx

Spelling: [kalks]
IPA: /kælks/

Calx is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 22 anagrams from letters in calx (aclx).

Definitions for calx

noun

  1. the oxide or ashy substance that remains after metals, minerals, etc., have been thoroughly roasted or burned.
  2. lime1 (def 1).

Origin of calx

1350-1400; late Middle English Latin: lime; replacing Middle English cals Old French Latin

Examples for calx

By long standing, or the addition of water, the calx of tin is precipitated from the solution.

He thought they were "compounded" of a certain earth, or calx, and phlogiston.

Heat recovers the pure air, and the mercury, leaving the calx of the impure metal.

It was mentioned by Libavius, who named it calx plumb dulcis.

This calx is soluble in about eighty times its weight of cold water, or in fifteen times its weight of boiling water.

The calx of tin resists fusion more than that of any other metal, which makes it useful in making an opaque white enamel.

The calx of acid is used in a variety of the arts, especially in the manufactory of glass.

calx antimonii, L. Sometimes applied to antimony-ash, but more commonly to crude, unwashed diaphoretic antimony.

It was observed very early, that when a metal was converted into a calx, its weight was increased.

The calx of cobalt is of a deep blue colour, which, when fused, makes the blue glass called smalt.

Word Value for calx
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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