Word: calcination
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: cal
ci
na
tion
Definition: The process of calcining: heating a substance to a high temperature, but below its melting point, to bring about thermal decomposition.
Morphemes:
Affix: calcine
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: to heat something without melting in order to drive off water etc., and to decompose carbonates into oxides or to oxidize or reduce it; especially to heat limestone to form quicklime; to calcinate.
Affix: -ation
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: The result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ātiō
Language: la
Decoded: -atio
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Form of -tiō appended to nouns