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ca·lor·ic  (k-lôrk, -lr-)

adj.

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

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

n.

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

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ca·lori·cal·ly adv.

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caloric [kəˈlɒrɪk ˈkælərɪk]

adj

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

n

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

caloricity  [ˌkæləˈrɪsɪtɪ] n

Thesaurus

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-