caloric
IPA: kʌɫˈɔrɪk
noun
- (historical) The hypothetical medium of heat.
adjective
- Relating to calories.
- Containing calories.
- Synonym of calorific (“high in calories and thus likely fattening”).
- Synonym of calorific (“relating to or producing heat or other energy”).
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Examples of "caloric" in Sentences
- Protective effects of caloric restriction.
- The caloric substance was identified as energy.
- The effects of caloric reduction is fascinating.
- This can't be explained in any sort of caloric sense.
- The caloric theory was introduced by Antoine Lavoisier.
- The colored triangle at the top provides the caloric ratio.
- The article is about caloric restriction, not scientists' bios.
- Predation in the uber sense, is caloric output versus caloric reward.
- Cellulose, for example, has caloric value but is indigestible by humans
- This article states explicitly that temperature was the density of caloric.