caloric

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.

(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.

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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)

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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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