"caloric" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /kəˈlɒɹɪk/ Forms: more caloric [comparative], most caloric [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒɹɪk Etymology: calorie + -ic. From French calorique, coined by French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, from Latin calor (“heat”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|calorie|ic}} calorie + -ic, {{der|en|fr|calorique}} French calorique, {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{lena}}, {{m|la|calor||heat}} calor (“heat”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} caloric (comparative more caloric, superlative most caloric)
  1. Relating to calories. Translations (relating to calories): kalorinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-caloric-en-adj-K7ny6lsO Disambiguation of 'relating to calories': 83 12 5 1
  2. Containing calories. Translations (containing calories): kaloripitoinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-caloric-en-adj-2-qsfSiA Disambiguation of 'containing calories': 11 82 5 1
  3. Synonym of calorific (“high in calories and thus likely fattening”). Synonyms: calorific [synonym, synonym-of] Translations (high in calories and thus likely fattening — see also calorific): runsaskalorinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-caloric-en-adj-fw0jF4hx Disambiguation of 'high in calories and thus likely fattening — see also calorific': 10 12 66 12
  4. Synonym of calorific (“relating to or producing heat or other energy”). Categories (topical): Energy Synonyms: calorific [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-caloric-en-adj-LZb4KBDM Disambiguation of Energy: 0 0 18 82 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 8 23 61 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 4 15 26 50 5 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 4 11 24 56 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: calorific [UK] Coordinate_terms: endothermic, exothermic, thermodynamic

Noun

IPA: /kəˈlɒɹɪk/
Rhymes: -ɒɹɪk Etymology: calorie + -ic. From French calorique, coined by French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, from Latin calor (“heat”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|calorie|ic}} calorie + -ic, {{der|en|fr|calorique}} French calorique, {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{lena}}, {{m|la|calor||heat}} calor (“heat”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} caloric (uncountable)
  1. (historical) The hypothetical medium of heat. Tags: historical, uncountable
    Sense id: en-caloric-en-noun-El~OGZ71 Categories (other): Obsolete scientific theories

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