caloricity

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ca•lor•ic /kəˈlɔrɪk, -ˈlɑr-/   adj. 

1. of or relating to calories.
2. of or relating to heat.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ca•lor•ic  (kə lôr′ik, -lor′-), adj. 

1. of or pertaining to calories:
   the caloric content of food.
2. Thermodynamics of or pertaining to heat.
3. Thermodynamics (of engines) driven by heat.
4. high in calories:
   a caloric meal.

n. 

5. Thermodynamics heat.
6. [Archaic.] a hypothetical fluid whose presence in matter was thought to determine its thermal state.

• Latin calor heat) + -ique -ic
• French calorique, equivalent. to calor- (
• 1785–95;

ca•lor′i•cal•ly, adv. 
cal•o•ric•i•ty  (kal′ə ris′i tē), n.