Ca*lor"ic (?), n. [L. calor heat; cf. F. calorique.] Physics
The principle of heat, or the agent to which the phenomena of heat and combustion were formerly ascribed; -- not now used in scientific nomenclature, but sometimes used as a general term for heat.
Caloric expands all bodies.
Henry.
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Ca*lor"ic, a.
Of or pertaining to caloric.
Caloric engine, a kind of engine operated air.
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