caloric

ca·lor·ic (k

-lôr

k, -l

adj.

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

2. Of or relating to calories: the caloric content of foods.

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

[French calorique, from Latin calor, heat; see kel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

ca·lori·cal·ly adv.

caloric [kəˈlɒrɪk ˈkælərɪk]

adj

(Physics / General Physics) of or concerned with heat or calories

(Physics / General Physics) Obsolete a hypothetical elastic fluid formerly postulated as the embodiment of heat

caloricity [ˌkæləˈrɪsɪtɪ] n

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Adj.	1.	caloric - relating to or associated with heat; "thermal movements of molecules"; "thermal capacity"; "thermic energy"; "the caloric effect of sunlight" thermal, thermic
	2.	caloric - of or relating to calories in food; "comparison of foods on a caloric basis"; "the caloric content of foods"

Translations

caloric [ˌkəˈlɒrɪk]

A. ADJ → calórico, térmico

B. CPD caloric energy N → energía f calórica or térmica

caloric

adj → kalorisch, Wärme-

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If I were a natural philosopher, I would tell him that if less of caloric were set in motion upon the planets which are nearest to the sun, and more, on the contrary, upon those which are farthest removed from it, this simple fact would alone suffice to equalize the heat, and to render the temperature of those worlds supportable by beings organized like ourselves.

From The Earth To The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context

And a true one, my worthy friend; for it explains every phenomenon of caloric.

Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context

At any rate you're much more comfortable travellers, for I see every one of you with his rug or plaid, and other dodges for preserving the caloric, and most of you going in, those fuzzy, dusty, padded first-class carriages.

Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context

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