adj
caloric
Caloric (adj) means Connected with calories.
adj
1
Connected with calories.
"This strategy, known as caloric restriction, has been shown to increase the life span of various organisms and reduce their rate of cancer and other age-related ailments."
— Anahad O’Connor, Cutting 300 Calories a Day Shows Health Benefits (2019)
2
Having calories in it.
"Milk is a caloric beverage."
3
Another word for calorific, meaning high in calories and likely to make you fat.
4
Another word for calorific, meaning producing heat or energy.
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Etymology
Formed from calorie and -ic. It also traces to French calorique, coined by the French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, from Latin calor ("heat").
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What is the meaning of caloric?
"caloric" (adj) means connected with calories.
What is another word for caloric?
Other words for "caloric" include thermic, thermal, calorific.
What are the different meanings of caloric?
"caloric" has 3 main meanings: 1. Connected with calories; 2. Having calories in it; 3. Another word for calorific, meaning high in calories and likely to make you fat.
