3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Caloric \Ca*lor"ic\, n. [L. calor heat; cf F. calorique.]
(Physics)
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.
Caloric expands all bodies. --Henry.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Caloric \Ca*lor"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to caloric.
{Caloric engine}, a kind of engine operated by heated air.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
caloric
adj 1: relating to or associated with heat; "thermal movements of
molecules"; "thermal capacity"; "thermic energy"; "the
caloric effect of sunlight" [syn: {thermal}, {thermic}]
[ant: {nonthermal}]
2: of or relating to calories in food; "comparison of foods on
a caloric basis"; "the caloric content of foods"
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