caloric Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective relating to or associated with heat
    thermal; thermic.
    • thermal movements of molecules
    • thermal capacity
    • thermic energy
    • the caloric effect of sunlight
  2. adjective of or relating to calories in food
    • comparison of foods on a caloric basis
    • the caloric content of foods

WordNet

Ca*lor"ic noun
Etymology
L. calor heat; cf. F. calorique.
Definitions
  1. (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.
Ca*lor"ic adjective
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to caloric.

Webster 1913