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caloric

  (kə-lôr'ĭk, -lŏr'-) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Of or relating to heat: the caloric effect of sunlight.
  2. Of or relating to calories: the caloric content of foods.
n.

A hypothetically indestructible, uncreatable, highly elastic, self-repellent, all-pervading fluid formerly thought responsible for the production, possession, and transfer of heat.

[French calorique, from Latin calor, heat.]

calorically ca·lor'i·cal·ly adv.
 
 
Medical Dictionary: ca·lor·ic
(kə-lôr'ĭk)
adj.
  1. Of or relating to calories.
  2. Of or relating to heat.
 

Pertaining to heat or to calories.

  • c. density — measure of the energy contained in food, usually quantified as calories or joules, per unit mass of food.
  • c. exhaustion — see hypoglycemia.
  • c. homeostasis — process of regulation of energy intake from food to sustain energy balance.
  • c. intake — measure of amount of food energy as calories eaten by an animal.
  • c. requirements — see energy requirements.
  • c. test — irrigation of the external ear canal with hot or very cold water will stimulate the flow of endolymph and will cause nystagmus if the vestibular system and brainstem are intact.
 
WordNet: caloric
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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: relating to or associated with heat
  Synonyms: thermal, thermic
  Pertains to noun: heat (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: of or relating to calories in food
  Pertains to noun: nutritionist's calorie (meaning #1)


 
Translations: Translations for: Caloric

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - varme-, kalorie-, kalorisk
n. - caloric

Nederlands (Dutch)
calorisch

Français (French)
adj. - calorique
n. - (Phys) calorique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - kalorisch, kalorienreich, Wärme-
n. - Wärme

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (φυσ.) θερμι(δι)κός

Italiano (Italian)
calorico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - calórico

Русский (Russian)
тепловой, термический

Español (Spanish)
adj. - calórico, térmico
n. - calórico, térmico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - värme-

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
热的, 卡路里的, 热量的, 热

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 熱的, 卡路里的, 熱量的
n. - 熱

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 열의, 칼로리의
n. - 열 , 열소

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 熱の, カロリーの
n. - 熱素

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) حراري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של קלוריות‬
n. - ‮חום‬


 
 

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