cal|ci|na|tion — «KAL suh NAY shuhn», noun. 1. the act or operation of calcining. 2. anything formed by calcining. 3. the state of being calcined … Useful english dictionary
cal|cu|la|tion|al — «KAL kyuh LAY shuh nuhl», adjective. of or having to do with calculation … Useful english dictionary
cal|e|fac|tion — «KAL uh FAK shuhn», noun. 1. a making warm; warming; heating. 2. a heated condition. ╂[< Latin calefactiō, ōnis < calefacere; see etym. under calefacient (Cf. ↑calefacient)] … Useful english dictionary
cal|i|bra|tion — «KAL uh BRAY shuhn», noun. 1. the act or process of calibrating: »The melting and boiling points of a large number of substances have been carefully measured and tabulated and these temperatures may now be used in the calibration of any type of… … Useful english dictionary
cal|li|sec|tion — «KAL uh SEHK shuhn», noun. painless vivisection; the dissection of living animals which have been anesthetized. ╂[< Latin callus hard skin + sectiō, ōnis a cutting] … Useful english dictionary
lo´cal|i|za´tion — lo|cal|ize «LOH kuh lyz», verb, ized, iz|ing. –v.t. to make local; fix in, assign, or limit to a particular place or locality: »The infection seemed to be localized in the foot. SYNONYM(S): place. –v.i. to become localized. –lo´cal|iz´a|ble,… … Useful english dictionary
chem´i|cal|i|za´tion — chem|i|cal|ize «KEHM uh kuh lyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to treat with a chemical or chemicals: »The loaf we buy at the grocer s has been chemicalized, first by the miller and then by the baker (Atlantic). –chem´i|cal|i|za´tion, noun … Useful english dictionary
de|rad´i|cal|i|za´tion — de|ra|di|cal|ize «dee RAD uh kuh lyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to cause to abandon or retreat from radicalism: »Today Obst s cigars are longer than his hair, and he admits that hobnobbing with publishing fat cats has tended to deradicalize … Useful english dictionary
de|vo´cal|i|za´tion — de|vo|cal|ize «dee VOH kuh lyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. Phonetics. to deprive of vocal or sonant qualities; unvoice. –de|vo´cal|i|za´tion, noun … Useful english dictionary
fo´cal|i|za´tion — fo|cal|ize «FOH kuh lyz», verb, ized, iz|ing. –v.t. 1. to focus: a) to bring (rays of light, heat, or other radiation) into focus. b) Figurative: »The information about sales is focalized in the company s main office and put before the sales… … Useful english dictionary
