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calcium oxide
quicklime
lime
calx
calcined lime
fluxing lime
unslaked lime
burnt lime
Definition: a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
Definition: 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).