caloric

Plural: calorics

Adjective

• relating to or associated with heat
  • "the caloric effect of sunlight"
• of or relating to calories in food
  • "comparison of foods on a caloric basis"
  • "the caloric content of foods"

Adj

• 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”).

Noun

• Pertaining to heat or the theoretical fluid of heat.
• The hypothetical medium of heat.

Examples

• a dry, caloric food
• caloric intake
• Milk is a caloric beverage.
• The caloric energy expended during a marathon Scrabble game is considerable.

Synonyms

thermal, thermic, calorific

Antonyms

nonthermal, noncaloric

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