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
- Significant weight loss has resulted from such a drop in caloric intake.
- That way I avoid foods that are highly caloric, which is important to me.
- So really, you probably came out ahead in caloric content intake compared to me.
- One, for example, something that a lot of people do is something known as caloric restriction.
- They rap along to the latest hip-hop hits, memorizing every lyric, so the music can definitely help them gain caloric literacy.
- He proposed that work was generated by the passage of caloric from a warmer to a cooler body, with caloric being conserved in the process.
- Taken together, the changes in longevity parameters among all calorie-restriction groups suggest that long-term caloric restriction may extend life span.
- This modification of heat was discovered and named by Dr. Black long before the French chemists introduced the term caloric, and we must not presume to alter it, as it is still used by much better chemists than ourselves.
- Resveratrol found effective in small doses | Think Gene:the researchers found that low doses of resveratrol mimic the effects of what is known as caloric restriction Noted here for the simple fact that the ASU kid might be interested, but I'll probably forget to tell him.
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