Cal`o*rif"ic (?), a. [L. calorificus; calor heat + facere to make; cf. F. calorifique.]

Possessing the quality of producing heat; heating.

Calorific rays, the invisible, heating rays which emanate from the sum, and burning and heated bodies.

 

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