caloric

(kə lôrik)

noun

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

Origin: Fr calorique < L calor: see calorie

adjective

  1. of heat
  2. of or pertaining to calories

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See caloric in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Of or relating to heat: the caloric effect of sunlight.
  2. 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

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  • ca·lorˈi·cal·ly adverb

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