English Dictionary

calx

IPA（発音記号）

/kælks/

名詞

歴史的

(now chiefly 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).

日本語の意味

金属または鉱物が完全に燃焼した後に残る物質、すなわち金属酸化物（または場合によっては昇華状態の金属） / 歴史的な化学の文脈において、フロジストンの放出後に残る本質的な物質と考えられていたもの

After repeated heating, the chemist examined the calx left in the crucible and confirmed it was a metallic oxide.

何度も加熱した後、化学者はるつぼに残った金属の酸化物を調べ、それが金属の酸化物であることを確認した。

意味（1）

(now chiefly 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).

[S]ome ladies apply to what are termed coſmetics under various names, which crowd the newspapers. Of theſe the white has deſtroyed the health of thouſands; a calx, or magiſtery, of biſmuth is ſuppoſed to be ſold in the ſhops for this purpoſe; but it is either, I am informed, in part or entirely white lead or ceruffa. […] The real calx of biſmuth would probably have the ſame ill effect.

意味（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.

calxes （ plural ）

calces （ plural ）