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Webster 1913 Edition

Caloric

Ca-lor′ic

,
Noun.
[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.

Ca-lor′ic

,
Adj.
Of or pertaining to caloric.
Caloric engine
,
a kind of engine operated by heated air.

Webster 1828 Edition

Caloric

CALORIC

,
Noun.
The principle or matter of heat, or the simple element of heat. Caloric may be defined, the agent to which the phenomena of heat and combustion are ascribed. Caloric expands all bodies.

CALORIC

,
Adj.
Pertaining to the matter of heat.

Definition 2025

caloric

caloric

English

Adjective

caloric ‎(comparative more caloric, superlative most caloric)

  1. (US, UK rare) relating to calories
    Caloric intake
  2. (US, UK rare) containing calories
    Milk is a caloric beverage.
  3. (US, UK rare) high in calories
    A dry, caloric food
  4. (US, UK rare) relating to or producing heat or other energy

Derived terms

Noun

caloric ‎(uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) the hypothetical medium of heat
    • Henry
      Caloric expands all bodies.

Related terms

Etymology

From French calorique, coined by French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, from Latin calor ‎(“heat”).

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