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Caloric definition

kə-lôrĭk, -lŏr-
Of or relating to heat.

The caloric effect of sunlight.

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Of or relating to calories.

The caloric content of foods.

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A hypothetically indestructible, uncreatable, highly elastic, self-repellent, all-pervading fluid formerly thought responsible for the production, possession, and transfer of heat.
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An imagined substance to which the phenomena of burning and oxidation were formerly attributed.
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(archaic) Heat.
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Of heat.
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Of or pertaining to calories.
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Relating to calories.

The caloric content of foods.

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(US, UK rare) Relating to calories.

Caloric intake.

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(US, UK rare) Containing calories.

Milk is a caloric beverage.

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(US, UK rare) High in calories.

A dry, caloric food.

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(US, UK rare) Relating to or producing heat or other energy.
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(obsolete) The hypothetical medium of heat.
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Origin of caloric

  • French calorique from Latin calor heat kelə-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French calorique, coined by French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, from Latin calor (“heat”).

    From Wiktionary

Caloric Sentence Examples

  • In 1833 his caloric engine was made public. In 1836 he took out a patent for a screw-propeller, and though the priority of his invention could not be maintained, he was afterwards awarded a one-fifth share of the £20,000 given by the Admiralty for it.

  • Alcohol intake should be modest or go away entirely, not only because the high caloric content (alcohol is almost as energy dense as pure fat) but also because it can potentially mess up your ability to burn body fat effectively.

  • Since one gram of fat contains 9 calories, while one gram of protein or carbohydrate contain 4 calories, it makes perfect sense to cut back on the number of fat grams constituting a meal in order to cut back on total caloric intake.

  • Whether these foods indeed cause a fat-burning, enzymatic reaction in the body to shed pounds or simply are low calorie foods that help regulate total caloric intake, there is no question of the benefits gained by eating them.

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