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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)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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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"
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Webster Dictionary |
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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
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. caloric
the name given by physicists to the presumed subtle element which causes heat.
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