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caloric
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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.

[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
n
(Physics / General Physics) Obsolete a hypothetical elastic fluid formerly postulated as the embodiment of heat
caloricity  [ˌkæləˈrɪsɪtɪ] n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.caloric - relating to or associated with heat; "thermal movements of molecules"; "thermal capacity"; "thermic energy"; "the caloric effect of sunlight"
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. ADJcalórico, térmico
B. CPD caloric energy Nenergía f calórica or térmica
caloric


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The estimated median caloric intake for the total cohort was 92% of the RDI, but there was a large spread in the range of calculated values (Table 1).
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