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Webster 1913 Edition
Calorificient
Ca-lorˊi-fi′cient
,Adj.
(Physiol.)
Having, or relating to the power of producing heat; – applied to foods which, being rich in carbon, as the fats, are supposed to give rise to heat in the animal body by oxidation.
2.
(Engineering)
An apparatus for measuring the proportion of unevaporated water contained in steam.