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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.
CaloricCaloric Ca*lor"ic, a.
Of or pertaining to caloric.
Caloric engine, a kind of engine operated by heated air. Caloric engineCaloric 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.
CalorieCalorie 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. CalorifacientCalorifacient 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.
CalorifiantCalorifiant Ca*lor`i*fi"ant, a. (Physiol.)
See Calorificient. CalorificCalorific 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 raysCalorific 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 calorisRigor 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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