(n) a river in southern Florida that flows westerly to the Gulf of Mexico; forms the western end of the Cross-Florida Waterway, Syn.Caloosahatchee River
n. [ Gr. kalo`s beautiful + me`las black. So called from its being white, though made from a black mixture of mercury and corrosive sublimate. Cf. F. calomélas. ] (Chem.) Mild chloride of mercury, Hg2Cl2, a heavy, white or yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used in medicine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride. It occurs native as the mineral horn quicksilver. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. calor heat. ] (Physics) The conversion of obscure radiant heat into light; the transmutation of rays of heat into others of higher refrangibility. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]
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 ]
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, Foot pound. [ 1913 Webster ]
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