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 Definitions of caloric  [əˈlɔr ɪk, -ˈlɒr-]  

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Definition of 'caloric' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) caloric
of or pertaining to calories.

2.  caloric
of or pertaining to heat.

3.  caloric
high in calories:
a caloric meal.

4. (n.) caloric
heat.

5.  caloric
a hypothetical fluid whose presence in matter was once thought to determine its thermal state.

Etymology:  (1785–95; < F calorique < L calor heat + F -ique -ic)

Definition of 'caloric' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) thermal, thermic, caloric
relating to or associated with heat
"thermal movements of molecules"; "thermal capacity"; "thermic energy"; "the caloric effect of sunlight"

2. (adj) caloric
of or relating to calories in food
"comparison of foods on a caloric basis"; "the caloric content of foods"


Definition of 'caloric' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) caloric
of or pertaining to caloric

2. (noun) caloric
the principle of heat, or the agent to which the phenomena of heat and combustion were formerly ascribed; -- not now used in scientific nomenclature, but sometimes used as a general term for heat


Definitions of 'caloric' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  caloric
the name given by physicists to the presumed subtle element which causes heat.



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