CALORIC


Meaning of CALORIC in English

— calorically , adv. — caloricity /kal'euh ris"i tee/ , n.

/keuh lawr"ik, -lor"-/ , adj.

1. of or pertaining to calories: the caloric content of food.

2. of or pertaining to heat.

3. (of engines) driven by heat.

4. high in calories: a caloric meal.

n.

5. heat.

6. Archaic. a hypothetical fluid whose presence in matter was thought to determine its thermal state.

[ 1785-95; calorique, equiv. to calor- ( calor heat) + -ique -IC ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .