| caloric | (adj) of or relating to calories in food, Example: comparison of foods on a caloric basis; the caloric content of foods |
| calorie | (n) a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food, Syn. kilogram calorie, large calorie, kilocalorie, nutritionist's calorie |
| calorie | (n) unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure, Syn. small calorie, gram calorie |
| calorie chart | (n) a list of foods and information about their caloric content |
| calorifacient | (adj) producing heat; usually used of foods, Example: calorifacient chili peppers |
| calorific | (adj) heat-generating, Example: the calorific properties of fuels |
| calorimeter | (n) a measuring instrument that determines quantities of heat |
| calorimetric | (adj) of or relating to the measurement of heat |
| calorimetry | (n) measurement of quantities of heat |
| Caloric | n. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ] Caloric expands all bodies. Henry. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Caloric | a. Of or pertaining to caloric. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Caloricity | n. (Physiol.) A faculty in animals of developing and preserving the heat necessary to life, that is, the animal heat. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Caloriduct | n. [ L. calor heat (fr. calere to warm) + E. duct. ] A tube or duct for conducting heat; a caliduct. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Calorie | n. [ F., fr. L. calor heat. ] (Physics) The unit of heat according to the French standard; the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (sometimes, one gram) of water one degree centigrade, or from 0° to 1°. Compare the English standard unit, |
| Calorifacient | a. (Physiol.) See Calorificient. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Calorifere | n. [ F. calorifère, fr. L. calor heat + ferre to bear. ] An apparatus for conveying and distributing heat, especially by means of hot water circulating in tubes. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Calorifiant | a. (Physiol.) See Calorificient. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Calorific | a. [ L. calorificus; calor heat + facere to make; cf. F. calorifique. ] Possessing the quality of producing heat; heating. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Calorification | n. [ Cf. F. calorification. ] Production of heat, esp. animal heat. [ 1913 Webster ] |