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Calx vs Falx - What's the difference?

calx | falx |

As nouns the difference between calx and falx

is that calx is (archaic) the substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt, seen as being the essential substance left after the expulsion of phlogiston while falx is a short dacian sword that resembles a sickle.

calx

English

(wikipedia calx)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (archaic) The substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt, seen as being the essential substance left after the expulsion of phlogiston.
  • (Now recognised as being) the oxide left after calcination of a metal.
  • calcium oxide
  • 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.

    • falx

    English

    (wikipedia falx)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • a short Dacian sword that resembles a sickle
  • (anatomy) A curved fold or process of the dura mater or the peritoneum, especially one of the partition-like folds of the dura mater which extend into the great fissures of the brain.

    • Derived terms

    * falcial

    Anagrams

    * flax ----