Caloric /(?)/
Ca·lor·ic
Caloric
n.
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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. (Physics)
Caloric expands all bodies.
Caloric
a.
- Of or pertaining to caloric.
Phrases & Compounds
- Caloric engine
- a kind of engine operated by heated air.