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Calorescence
Calorescence Cal`o*res"cence, n. [L. calor heat.] (Physics) The conversion of obscure radiant heat into light; the transmutation of rays of heat into others of higher refrangibility. --Tyndall.
Caloric
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.
Caloric
Caloric Ca*lor"ic, a. Of or pertaining to caloric. Caloric engine, a kind of engine operated by heated air.
Caloric engine
Caloric Ca*lor"ic, a. Of or pertaining to caloric. Caloric engine, a kind of engine operated by heated air.
Caloricity
Caloricity Cal`o*ric"ity, n. (Physiol.) A faculty in animals of developing and preserving the heat necessary to life, that is, the animal heat.
Caloriduct
Caloriduct Ca*lor"i*duct, n. [L. calor heat (fr. calere to warm) + E. duct.] A tube or duct for conducting heat; a caliduct.
Calorie
Calorie Cal"o*rie, n. [F., fr. L. calor heat.] (Physics) The unit of heat according to the French standard; the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (sometimes, one gram) of water one degree centigrade, or from 0[deg] to 1[deg]. Compare the English standard unit, Foot pound.
Calorifacient
Calorifacient Ca*lor`i*fa"cient, a. (Physiol.) See Calorificient.
Calorifere
Calorifere Ca*lor"i*fere, n. [F. calorif[`e]re, fr. L. calor heat + ferre to bear.] An apparatus for conveying and distributing heat, especially by means of hot water circulating in tubes.
Calorifiant
Calorifiant Ca*lor`i*fi"ant, a. (Physiol.) See Calorificient.
Calorific
Calorific Cal`o*rif"ic, a. [L. calorificus; calor heat + facere to make; cf. F. calorifique.] Possessing the quality of producing heat; heating. Calorific rays, the invisible, heating rays which emanate from the sun, and from burning and heated bodies.
Calorific rays
Calorific Cal`o*rif"ic, a. [L. calorificus; calor heat + facere to make; cf. F. calorifique.] Possessing the quality of producing heat; heating. Calorific rays, the invisible, heating rays which emanate from the sun, and from burning and heated bodies.
Calorification
Calorification Ca*lor`i*fi*ca"tion (k[.a]*l[o^]r`[i^]*f[i^]*k[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [Cf. F. calorification.] Production of heat, esp. animal heat.
Calorificient
Calorificient Ca*lor`i*fi"cient, a. (Physiol.) Having, or relating to the power of producing heat; -- applied to foods which, being rich in carbon, as the fats, are supposed to give rise to heat in the animal body by oxidation.
Calorimeter
Calorimeter Cal`o*rim"e*ter, n. [L. calor heat + -meter; cf. F. calorim[`e]tre.] 1. (Physiol.) An apparatus for measuring the amount of heat contained in bodies or developed by some mechanical or chemical process, as friction, chemical combination, combustion, etc. 2. (Engineering) An apparatus for measuring the proportion of unevaporated water contained in steam.
Calorimetric
Calorimetric Ca*lor`i*met"ric, a. Of or pertaining to the process of using the calorimeter. Satisfactory calorimetric results. --Nichol.
Calorimetry
Calorimetry Cal`o*rim"e*try, n. (Physics) Measurement of the quantities of heat in bodies.
Calorimotor
Calorimotor Ca*lor`i*mo"tor, n. [L. calor heat + E. motor.] (Physics) A voltaic battery, having a large surface of plate, and producing powerful heating effects.
Calorisator
Calorisator Ca*lor"i*sa`tor, n. [NL., heater, fr. L. calor heat.] An apparatus used in beet-sugar factories to heat the juice in order to aid the diffusion.
Rigor caloris
Rigor Ri"gor, n. [L. See Rigor., below.] 1. Rigidity; stiffness. 2. (ed.) A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill preceding a fever. Rigor caloris[L., rigor of heat] (Physiol.), a form of rigor mortis induced by heat, as when the muscle of a mammal is heated to about 50[deg]C. Rigor mortis[L., rigor of death], death stiffening; the rigidity of the muscles that occurs at death and lasts till decomposition sets in. It is due to the formation of myosin by the coagulation of the contents of the individual muscle fibers.

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