caloric : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: caloric	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for caloric
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
caloric adj relating to or associated with heat; "thermal movements of molecules"; "thermal capacity"; "thermic energy"; "the caloric effect of sunlight" Synonym(s): thermal, thermic, caloric Antonym(s): nonthermal of or relating to calories in food; "comparison of foods on a caloric basis"; "the caloric content of foods"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Caloric \Calor"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 \Calor"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to caloric. {Caloric* engine}, a kind of engine operated by heated air.