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(kə lôr′ik)

noun

an imagined substance to which the phenomena of burning and oxidation were formerly attributed
Archaic heat

Origin: Fr calorique < L calor: see calorie

adjective

of heat
of or pertaining to calories

Related Forms:

calorically adverb

See caloric in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Of or relating to heat: the caloric effect of sunlight.
Of or relating to calories: the caloric content of foods.

noun

A hypothetically indestructible, uncreatable, highly elastic, self-repellent, all-pervading fluid formerly thought responsible for the production, possession, and transfer of heat.

Origin:

Origin: French calorique

Origin: , from Latin calor, heat; see kelə-¹ in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

ca·lorˈi·cal·ly adverb

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