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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Caloric \Ca*lor"ic\, 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. Caloric expands all bodies. --Henry. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Caloric \Ca*lor"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to caloric. {Caloric engine}, a kind of engine operated by heated air. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: caloric adj 1: relating to or associated with heat; "thermal movements of molecules"; "thermal capacity"; "thermic energy"; "the caloric effect of sunlight" [syn: {thermal}, {thermic}] [ant: {nonthermal}] 2: of or relating to calories in food; "comparison of foods on a caloric basis"; "the caloric content of foods"
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