Nearby Words
Quality Caloric Repair 800-734-1557.airflowappliance.com/ Same Day Appliance Repair 15% Off Labor, 5yr Warranty, BBB
Caloric Parts caloric.partselect.com/ Fix Your Appliance With Our Parts. 1000000+ Parts Ready To Ship Today.
Caloric Appliance Parts www.appliancepartspros.com/Parts Huge selection of Caloric parts. Same day shipping. Order today!
Ads
adjective
1.
of or pertaining to calories: the caloric content of food.
2.
of or pertaining to heat.
3.
(of engines) driven by heat.
4.
high in calories: a caloric meal.
noun
5.
6.
Archaic. a hypothetical fluid whose presence in matter was thought to determine its thermal state.
:10
:09
:08
:07
:06
:05
:04
:03
:02
:01
Caloric
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Related forms
ca·lor·i·cal·ly, adverb
non·ca·lor·ic, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To caloric
Collins
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
caloric
hypothetical fluid in a now-discarded model of heat exchange, 1792, from Fr. calorique, coined in this sense by Lavoisier, from L. calorem "heat" (nom. calor; see calorie). The adj. is recorded from 1865.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
caloric ca·lor·ic (kə-lôr'ĭk)
adj.
Of or relating to calories.
Of or relating to heat.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.