— 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 ]