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Definition of Caloric

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.

Meaning of Caloric from wikipedia

- Caloric is a brand of kitchen appliances, which dates back to 1903. Caloric Corporation began as the Klein Stove Company in Philadelphia in 1890. The...
- The caloric theory is an obsolete scientific theory that heat consists of a self-repellent fluid called caloric that flows from hotter bodies to colder...
- A caloric deficit (also known as calorie deficit, in British English calorific deficit) is any shortage in the number of calories consumed relative to...
- In medicine, the caloric reflex test (sometimes termed 'vestibular caloric stimulation') is a test of the vestibulo-ocular reflex that involves irrigating...
- The Caloric Motorcycle Company of Chicago was founded in 1898 as a motorcycle company. It later moved into auto production in 1903. The Caloric Motorcycle...
- In differential equations, the mth-degree caloric polynomial (or heat polynomial) is a "parabolically m-homogeneous" polynomial Pm(x, t) that satisfies...
- The calorie is a unit of energy that originated from the caloric theory of heat. The large calorie, food calorie, dietary calorie, or kilogram calorie...
- Calorie restriction (also known as caloric restriction or energy restriction) is a dietary regimen that reduces the energy intake from foods and beverages...
- Postmortem caloricity is a phenomenon where the body temperature of a corpse rises or remains unusually high for up to 2 hours after death instead of falling...
- PL; Fahy GM; Spindler SR (Nov 17, 2005). "Identification of potential caloric restriction mimetics by microarray profiling". Physiol Genomics. 23 (3):...